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Stephen Harding, Jr.
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Republican Party

Connecticut State Senate District 30
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Prior offices
Connecticut House of Representatives District 107
Successor: Marty Foncello

Compensation

Base salary

$40,000/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Albertus Magnus College, 2009

Law

New York Law School, 2012

Personal
Birthplace
New York, N.Y.
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Official website

Official Facebook

Official Twitter

Official Instagram

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Personal Facebook

Personal LinkedIn 

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Stephen Harding, Jr. (Republican Party) is a member of the Connecticut State Senate, representing District 30. He assumed office on January 4, 2023. His current term ends on January 8, 2025.

Harding (Republican Party, Independent Party) ran for re-election to the Connecticut State Senate to represent District 30. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Harding began serving as State Senate minority leader on February 16, 2024. [1]

Biography

Stephen Harding was born in New York, New York, and lives in Brookfield, Connecticut.[2][3] Harding graduated from Brookfield High School in 2005.[4] He earned a B.A. in marketing from Albertus Magnus College in 2009 and a J.D. from New York Law School in 2012. Harding's career experience includes working as the principal attorney with Stephen Harding Law, an associate attorney with the Law Offices of Dean L. Lewis, and a legal intern with the Kings County District Attorney's Office.[2][3][4] He has been affiliated with Brookfield Cares.[2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Harding was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Harding was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Harding was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Connecticut committee assignments, 2017
• Environment, Ranking member
• Finance, Revenue and Bonding
• Judiciary

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Connecticut State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Connecticut State Senate District 30

Incumbent Stephen Harding, Jr. defeated Justin Potter in the general election for Connecticut State Senate District 30 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Stephen Harding, Jr.
Stephen Harding, Jr. (R / Independent Party)
 
53.9
 
30,274
Image of Justin Potter
Justin Potter (D)
 
46.1
 
25,879

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 56,153
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Justin Potter advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut State Senate District 30.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Stephen Harding, Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut State Senate District 30.

Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Harding in this election.

2022

See also: Connecticut State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Connecticut State Senate District 30

Stephen Harding, Jr. defeated Eva Zimmerman in the general election for Connecticut State Senate District 30 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Stephen Harding, Jr.
Stephen Harding, Jr. (R)
 
53.8
 
24,404
Image of Eva Zimmerman
Eva Zimmerman (D / Working Families Party / Independent Party)
 
46.2
 
20,945

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 45,349
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Eva Zimmerman advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut State Senate District 30.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Stephen Harding, Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut State Senate District 30.

2020

See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 107

Incumbent Stephen Harding, Jr. defeated Kerri Colombo in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 107 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Stephen Harding, Jr.
Stephen Harding, Jr. (R / Independent Party)
 
57.9
 
8,735
Image of Kerri Colombo
Kerri Colombo (D / Working Families Party) Candidate Connection
 
42.1
 
6,345

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 15,080
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kerri Colombo advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 107.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Stephen Harding, Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 107.

2018

See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2018

In addition to running as a Republican Party candidate, Harding cross-filed to also run with the Independent Party in 2018.[5]

General election

General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 107

Incumbent Stephen Harding, Jr. defeated Daniel Pearson in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 107 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Stephen Harding, Jr.
Stephen Harding, Jr. (R)
 
59.3
 
6,890
Image of Daniel Pearson
Daniel Pearson (D)
 
40.7
 
4,736

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 11,626
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2016

See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

Incumbent Stephen Harding, Jr. ran unopposed in the Connecticut House of Representatives District 107 general election.[6]

Connecticut House of Representatives, District 107 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Stephen Harding, Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State


Thomas Burke ran unopposed in the Connecticut House of Representatives District 107 Democratic primary.

Connecticut House of Representatives, District 107 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Burke  (unopposed)

Incumbent Stephen Harding, Jr. ran unopposed in the Connecticut House of Representatives District 107 Republican primary.

Connecticut House of Representatives, District 107 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Stephen Harding, Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)

2015

See also: Connecticut state legislative special elections, 2015

Stephen Harding Jr. (R) defeated Howard Lasser (D) in the special election on February 24. Harding also ran on the Independent ticket.[7][8][9]

The seat was vacant following David Scribner's (R) appointment to the state Liquor Control Commission.[10]

A special election for the position of Connecticut House of Representatives District 107 was called for February 24. Candidates were nominated by parties rather than chosen in primaries.[11]

Connecticut House of Representatives, District 107, Special Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Harding Jr. 54.2% 1,600
     Democratic Howard Lasser 45.8% 1,350
Total Votes 2,950

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Stephen Harding, Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Stephen Harding, Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Stephen Harding, Jr. campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Connecticut State Senate District 30Won general$15,040 $2,737
2022Connecticut State Senate District 30Won general$124,567 $124,567
2020Connecticut House of Representatives District 107Won general$6,559 N/A**
2018Connecticut House of Representatives District 107Won general$33,960 N/A**
2016Connecticut House of Representatives, District 107Won $33,640 N/A**
2015Connecticut House of Representatives, District 107, special electionWon $26,043 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ “Eyewitness News 3 WFSB (Hartford, Connecticut),” “Sen. Kevin Kelly resigns as Republican minority leader,” February 19, 2024
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brookfield Cares, "Home," accessed November 27, 2019
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Connecticut Senate Republicans, "About Stephen," accessed April 29, 2023
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 LinkedIn, "Stephen Harding, Esquire," accessed April 29, 2023
    5. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "2018 List of Candidates," accessed October 29, 2018
    6. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of the State, "Election Night Reporting, 2016 General Election," accessed December 14, 2016
    7. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed February 10, 2015
    8. ↑ CTNews.com, "Harding victory over Lasser in 107th District," February 24, 2015
    9. ↑ Official results received in a phone call with the Office of the Connecticut Secretary of State on April 27, 2015
    10. ↑ newstimes.com, "State Rep. Scribner resigns for Liquor Control Commission post," January 7, 2015
    11. ↑ Stamford Plus, "Special elections for three state assembly seats to be held February 24," January 12, 2015

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Craig Miner (R)     		Connecticut State Senate District 30
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Connecticut House of Representatives District 107
    2015-2023    		 Succeeded by
    Marty Foncello (R)


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