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Lesley Heffel McGuirk
Lesley Heffel McGuirk (independent) ran for election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent District 92. Heffel McGuirk lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Heffel McGuirk completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 92
Incumbent Patricia Dillon defeated Lesley Heffel McGuirk in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 92 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patricia Dillon (D / Working Families Party) | 95.2 | 4,808 |
 | Lesley Heffel McGuirk (Independent)  | 4.8 | 241 | |
| Total votes: 5,049 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Patricia Dillon advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 92.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lesley Heffel McGuirk completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Heffel McGuirk's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I’ve worked in higher education for 17 years, most recently at the Yale Alumni Association as a data strategist, combining my passion for education with my love of spreadsheets. Through my work, I have become an expert on harnessing the power of data-based decision-making to enhance the efficacy of nonprofit and mission-driven organizations.
I am running as a nonpartisan candidate. Voters can count on me to listen to their concerns and seek solutions that are based on research and expertise. I am driven by strong values - those of equity, justice, and access. I’m deeply committed to expanding access to voting and civic participation in all forms.
- Equal and Expanded Access to the Vote – I strongly the support this year’s ballot referendum on allowing Early Voting in Connecticut. As one of 4 states without any form of early voting, we are far behind the rest of the nation on this issue and we owe CT voters the added convenience and accessibility of early voting. I am also an enthusiastic supporter of the proposed Connecticut Voting Rights Act, which would ensure changes to our voting systems would not disproportionately impact communities of color.
- Building Strong Community by Ensuring Access to the Basics for Everyone – During the pandemic, the state and piloted creative programs to make sure that individuals and families had access to food, housing, medical care, transportation, and other basic needs, like eviction moratoriums, free buses, free school meals (and other school-based wrap-around services), and free Covid testing and treatment. As we face additional economic insecurity in rebuilding from Covid, it remains crucial that we ensure basic stability both because it is morally right, but also because we can’t expect economic growth if people cannot participate in the economy.
- Protect all People’s Rights to Bodily Autonomy - I will champion all legislation that protects an individual’s right to make their own medical choices; keeps abortion legal, accessible, and affordable; ensures that doctors can treat people experiencing miscarriage without fear of reprisal; and guarantees gender-affirming health care. Throughout the US we’ve seen a mushrooming of laws that force people to carry their pregnancies to term and give birth, without regard to the circumstances or even the consent of the individual. We simply cannot allow that to happen in CT.
I am also an enthusiastic, well-informed voter who has otherwise found access to civic life difficult to access. One reason I am running for office is to learn how to do it and share that information with other people who have been stymied by political gatekeepers. It is important to the future of our democracy to expand our pool of lawmakers to younger generations and one of the ways to do that is to make government more transparent. Statistically, we are way behind on the number of Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z legislators, and on women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people in office.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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