Anne Hughes
2019 - Present
2027
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Anne Hughes (Democratic Party) is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing District 135. She assumed office in 2019. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Hughes (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent District 135. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
As of September 2019, Anne Hughes lives in Easton, Connecticut. She earned a bachelor's degree in art and political science from the College of New Rochelle, and she earned her master of social work at University of New England in 2014. Hughes works as a Licensed Master Social Worker for Jewish Senior Services’ Institute on Aging and as Coordinator for the Center for Elder Abuse Prevention. She was the Program Director at CLASP Homes Inc, and she co-founded the Norwalk Peacemakers.[1]
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at:[email protected].
2023-2024
Hughes was assigned to the following committees:
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2021-2022
Hughes was assigned to the following committees:
- Human Services Committee, Member
- Labor and Public Employees Committee, Member
- Aging Committee, Vice Chair
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2019-2020
Hughes was assigned to the following committees:
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Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135
Incumbent Anne Hughes defeated Christopher Peritore in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anne Hughes (D / Working Families Party) | 60.6 | 8,573 |
| Christopher Peritore (R / Independent Party) | 39.4 | 5,572 | ||
| Total votes: 14,145 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Anne Hughes advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Christopher Peritore advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135.
Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hughes in this election.
2022
See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135
Incumbent Anne Hughes defeated Alex Burns in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anne Hughes (D) | 61.6 | 6,712 |
 | Alex Burns (R) | 38.4 | 4,191 | |
| Total votes: 10,903 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Anne Hughes advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Alex Burns advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135.
2020
See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135
Incumbent Anne Hughes defeated John Shaban in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anne Hughes (D) | 56.9 | 8,662 |
 | John Shaban (R / Independent Party) | 43.1 | 6,567 | |
| Total votes: 15,229 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Anne Hughes advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. John Shaban advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135.
2018
In addition to running as a Democratic Party candidate, Hughes cross-filed to also run with the Working Families Party in 2018.[2]
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135
Anne Hughes defeated incumbent Adam Dunsby and Michael Pitassi in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 135 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anne Hughes (D) | 53.8 | 6,567 |
 | Adam Dunsby (R) | 45.7 | 5,576 | |
| Michael Pitassi (G) | 0.5 | 66 | ||
| Total votes: 12,209 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Anne Hughes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Anne Hughes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hughes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Lifelong community builder, activist, licensed Master Social Worker, artist, former camp director who loves the art of collective policymaking and eating food that other people make. I'm as at home on constituent doorsteps. greeting your dogs with great enthusiasm, as I am in the local coffee shop, connecting with neighbors and I also love to harmonize, the legacy of a second french horn band member. I live in Easton with my husband Tim, right up the street from where I grew up in Fairfield, one of five daughters of beloved public school educators. I am proud to be twice elected for such a time as this.
- To help preserve and strengthen our increasingly fragile democracy, build the firewall of rights protections on the state level
- invest in a sustainable, climate resilient economy, transition to renewable energy, fortify localized supply, food sources and become the healthcare capital of the country
- Create safe, affordable, accessible healthcare for everyone in CT, including behavioral, mental health expansion and investment in gun violence safety and upstream prevention
As a macro social worker, I am personally passionate about de-criminalizing poverty and investing resources and access to opportunities in communities that have been deliberately dis-invested in and marginalized, and as a result these communities in our state suffer the worst economic and health disparities in the country. We can do better. We can tackle this disparity and threat to our collective security, wellbeing and health in CT, with the help of shared public will and determination. I have seen evidence of this will manifested and mobilizing during the past several years, and I believe our moment of economic, climate, tax justice and racial justice is converging.
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2020
Anne Hughes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Anne Hughes participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on October 2, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Anne Hughes' responses follow below.[3]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Affordable healthcare for all in CT Excellent Public Education and Student Loan Relief for graduates that stay/work in CT |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Environmental, Racial and Economic Justice Universal Health and Human Rights |
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Anne Hughes answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Michelle Obama: smart, fierce and demonstrates leadership, championed 'Let Girls Learn' worldwide empowerment initiative, continually amplifies women and young people's voices; and speaks from the heart. I also look up to Kamala Harris, Dorothy Day (founder of Catholic Worker movement, activist for workers' rights), Gloria Steinem, Michelle[5] | ” |
| “ | Accountability, responsibility, good communication skills, collaborator and coalition builder, good understanding of macro and micro impact of the underlying causes of social and civic distress, fear.[5] | ” |
| “ | I am an experienced social worker, advocate and community builder. I adore people, animals and the natural world, and love to collaborate to build community. I am qualified through many years and settings of galvanizing collective public will to improve the health of community, democracy, freedoms and rights that support a sustainable and livable future. I have decades of management experience in non-profits whose missions include supporting youth, aging, adults with developmental disabilities, economically disenfranchised and environmental justice.[5] | ” |
| “ | A finger on the pulse of the needs of the constituents of all ages, a keen sense of what the opportunities and threats we are facing in this moment, and an ability to collaborate and communicate about the short and long-term plan to move forward together.[5] | ” |
| “ | A model of affordable healthcare access to all (public option) that secures the foundation of CT's economic and livable viability, that attracts the modern workforce talent, and supports aging community members to age well in CT.[5] | ” |
| “ | I do remember watching astronauts land on the moon on black and white t.v.[5] | ” |
| “ | I was a babysitter for families, babies and multiple children all ages, from about age 11-17, especially during the summer.[5] | ” |
| “ | My favorite holiday is Halloween. Love making costumes, themed group costumes, going with children trick-or-treating, or greeting trick-or-treaters at the door in costume.[5] | ” |
| “ | Its beneficial to be in public service. I have testified many times at the state legislature, at Congress, and even at the U.N.[5] | ” |
| “ | We have to be bold, creative and determined in enacting a long-term, fiscally viable plan for CT that does not impact those least able to absorb the burden, that invests boldly in our public education, community college and in-state higher education opportunities, that invests in our transportation infrastructure, that protects our environment, and supports smart, modern economy and a modern workforce that is secure in its access to affordable healthcare that includes essential equitable protections.[5] | ” |
| “ | To be partners on a united team CT; the Governor needs to be the caption and communicator of the vision, the budget as a moral agenda and vision of investment in CT's people and stewards of CT's natural resources and diverse ecosystems; the Legislature needs to be representing its constituents as co-equal members of the whole team, whose fates are interdependently tied together. We have an urgency in the current moment to work together to empower and protect our communities from climate, economic, and public threats and corruption of our institutions.[5] | ” |
| “ | Yes indeed. I've already worked with many incumbent legislators as a member of CT's Elder Justice Coalition, as a field intern with the CT Commission on Aging, and with many of my EmergeCT classmates and other candidates that are running for office in this election season. We have already been keenly fine-tuning our policy positions, collaborating on legislative priorities and forming collegial, trusting and mutually supportive team working relationships.[5] | ” |
| “ | Insurance, Aging, Health and Human Services, Judiciary and Education[5] | ” |
| “ | Cristin McCarthy Vahey (very independent and another social worker advocate) D, Fairfield; Senator Mae Flexor;[5] | ” |
| “ | U.S. Senator[5] | ” |
| “ | One of my constituents answered the door when I knocked, (she was also named Anne), and she told me how she flew w/ Amelia Earhart at 15 over Stratford airstrip, in 1936. She was at school when Amelia Earhart came to address her class and invited students to fly with her. Anne's family did not have a telephone in their house, so she couldn't call her parents for permission. So she just went up in the plane! And she was a devoted fan of Amelia's, and recounted every world record she broke after that. I FB live-streamed her story.[5] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the Connecticut State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 7.
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2022
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In 2022, the Connecticut State Legislature was in session from February 9 to May 4.
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2021
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In 2021, the Connecticut State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 9.
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2020
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In 2020, the Connecticut State Legislature was in session from February 5 to May 6. The legislature held a special session from July 21 to July 27.
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2019
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In 2019, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from January 9 through June 5.
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Footnotes
- ↑ House Dems CT, "Anne Hughes," accessed September 25, 2019
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "2018 List of Candidates," accessed October 29, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Anne Hughes' responses," October 2, 2018
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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