Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
Mitch Bolinsky
2013 - Present
2027
12
Mitch Bolinsky (Republican Party) is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing District 106. He assumed office on January 9, 2013. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Bolinsky (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent District 106. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Bolinsky was born on September 17, 1958, in Queens, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater in 1980. Bolinsky’s career experience includes working as Principal of M-Vision Insights, a marketing and regulatory affairs consultancy. He has served as a Justice of the Peace in Newtown, and served on Newtown's Economic Development Commission for two terms. Bolinsky was elected to serve as the Representative for Connecticut House District 106.[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: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024
Bolinsky was assigned to the following committees:
- Aging Committee, Ranking Member
- Appropriations Committee
- Education Committee
2021-2022
Bolinsky was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations Committee, Member
- Education Committee, Member
- Aging Committee, Member
2019-2020
Bolinsky was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Connecticut committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Aging |
| • Appropriations |
| • Education |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bolinsky served on the following committees:
| Connecticut committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Aging, Ranking Member |
| • Appropriations |
| • Education |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Bolinsky served on the following committees:
| Connecticut committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Appropriations |
| • Education |
| • Environment |
Sponsored legislation
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 House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Mitch Bolinsky defeated Michelle Embree Ku in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mitch Bolinsky (R) | 51.9 | 8,127 |
 | Michelle Embree Ku (D / Independent Party)  | 48.1 | 7,535 | |
| Total votes: 15,662 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Michelle Embree Ku advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mitch Bolinsky advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bolinsky in this election.
Pledges
Bolinsky signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Mitch Bolinsky won election in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mitch Bolinsky (R) | 100.0 | 7,632 |
| Total votes: 7,632 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mitch Bolinsky advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106.
2020
See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Mitch Bolinsky defeated Rebekah Harriman-Stites in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mitch Bolinsky (R) | 51.4 | 7,331 |
 | Rebekah Harriman-Stites (D / Working Families Party) | 48.6 | 6,944 | |
| Total votes: 14,275 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Rebekah Harriman-Stites advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mitch Bolinsky advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106.
2018
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Mitch Bolinsky defeated Rebekah Harriman-Stites in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mitch Bolinsky (R) | 50.5 | 5,697 |
| Rebekah Harriman-Stites (D) | 49.5 | 5,575 | |
| Total votes: 11,272 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
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 Mitch Bolinsky defeated Eva Zimmerman in the Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 general election.[2]
| Connecticut House of Representatives, District 106 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Mitch Bolinsky Incumbent |
57.44% | 7,185 | |
| Democratic | Eva Zimmerman | 42.56% | 5,323 | |
| Total Votes | 12,508 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State | ||||
Eva Zimmerman ran unopposed in the Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 Democratic primary.
| Connecticut House of Representatives, District 106 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Eva Zimmerman (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Mitch Bolinsky ran unopposed in the Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 Republican primary.
| Connecticut House of Representatives, District 106 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Mitch Bolinsky Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on August 12, 2014, and a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 10, 2014. Matt Cole was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Mitch Bolinsky was unopposed in the Republican primary. Bolinsky defeated Cole in the general election.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mitch Bolinsky Incumbent |
55.4% | 4,661 | |
| Democratic | Matt Cole | 44.6% | 3,753 | |
| Total Votes | 8,414 | |||
2012
Bolinsky ran in the 2012 election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 106. Bolinsky ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 14, 2012. He defeated Lisa Romano (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mitch Bolinsky |
50.1% | 5,727 | |
| Democratic | Lisa Romano | 49.9% | 5,712 | |
| Total Votes | 11,439 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mitch Bolinsky did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Mitch Bolinsky completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bolinsky's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
He is an Assistant Republican Leader, serving on the legislature’s powerful Appropriations Committee, Education Committee and Aging Committee. He's a founding member of the legislature's I/DD (Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities) Caucus, CT Rare Disease Caucus, Animal's Rights Caucus, Firefighter / EMS Caucus & School Safety Caucus.
Representative Bolinsky is dedicated to providing caring constituent service to the children, families, seniors and businesses in town. His focus on economic development and job creation has made him a highly effective advocate for the people of the 106th District.- We must remake Connecticut to be more affordable and less woke. One point of view is not for all.
- I'll defend the rights of parents in educational outcome and family values over the forces of Big Government and its mandates!
- In his 5-terms, Mitch has never voted to raise your taxes or toll your cars. Never will. You're taxed too much already.
- Re-focus on core educational and life-readiness skill. Get woke politics out of classrooms so our kids thrive.
- A predictable, growing economy that is balanced & focused on good jobs & the pillars of innovation, growth & prosperity of small-to-medium businesses. .
- Sunsetting wasteful and obsolete government programs. Making all others more consumer-friendly.
- A stable, well-maintained system of roads and transit - without Waterbury-style bottlenecks and without tolls.
Abe Lincoln's cabinet consisted of the best minds for each job, regardless of political leanings. Always challenging to work in an environment where one can collaborate with others and keep the guttural stuff tucked away.
- Integrity. What you do when no-one's looking is very, very important.
- Desire to work with others for the benefit of all.
- The ability to shut up and spend time listening.
Be fair.
Listen good, ask questions.
- Getting our children back to normal. Lockdowns and remote learning took a toll on learning and mental health.
- Attracting innovative employers with tax credit incentives for workforce development and capital investment.
- A stable, predictable business climate to support sustainable growth.
100% of my legislative success is attractable to the relationships I build and the way I treat my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle.
- Appropriations and the responsible use of taxpayer dollars. (or not:) :-(
- Education is the tools of preparing children to have a better life through fundamentals like work & social skills.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2020
Mitch Bolinsky completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bolinsky's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
He's an Assistant Republican Leader and serves on the powerful Appropriations Committee, Education Committee, and Aging Committee. He's a founding member of the I/DD (Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities) caucus and the Firefighter / EMS caucus and serves the Animal's Rights caucus and School Safety caucus.
Bolinsky is dedicated to providing caring constituent service to the children, families, seniors and businesses in town. His focus on economic development and job creation has made him a highly effective advocate for the 106th District.
Rep. Bolinsky believes that one of the keys to our future success will be a return to less burdensome, less-regulating government that does not presume does not presume to pick winners but instead rewards entrepreneurial spirit and helps remove barriers to growth and innovation.
He resides in Newtown with his wife of 35 years, Luisa. Their daughter, Rachel was married to Adam in 2019. She's a UConn grad with a Masters from the UHart and is a locally-practicing family therapist, licensed by the State. Their son, Matthew, is a PITT grad and a third-year law-student at GWU, in our nation's Capitol. Luisa and Mitch are incredibly proud of the fine people their children have grow- Unparalleled Constituent Service, Especially During the Pandemic
- Has NEVER Voted to Raise Taxes and NEVER WILL
- More Efficient, Responsive State Government, Balanced Budgets and Local Control of Schools & Zoning
- Seniors: Champion for protection of our Seniors from physical abuse, financial exploitation and raised awareness for Rare Diseases. Recognized by AARP and ALZ.
Creativity - find solutions
Trust - your word is your promise. Never promise something you can't deliver but, try anyway.
Persistence - never take no for an answer when you can change the question.
Kindness - always leave things better than you found them, say please and thank you and mean it.
Constituent service
Constituent service
By the way, between an academic scholarship and my tip money, my college and living expenses were paid in full with enough left over to make a nice down payment on my first new car, after graduation.
Through this, I have thrown myself into my work, especially serving people left with needs as a result of COVID-19.
In the House, with 151 members and a bit more diversity of experiences and thought, the process never includes oratory by every member. Bills are deliberated through the chair and ranking members of the committee of cognisance raising the bill. Because of the size and diversity of the chamber, it is rare to find legislation and policy that can be unanimously supported. I believe that debate is more contentious in the House but still, if the committee process is working and leadership works well together, "good legislation" still does pass or can be amended to pass with "friendly amending" and strong bipartisan support.
2. JOBS & PEOPLE TO FILL THEM: Pushing too much excessive cost of government onto taxpayers and businesses is an economy-killer. If we do not grow CT's business base by being more attractive to out-of-state companies and start-ups to locate here, we are unlikely to shake our current economic stagnation. Strategic tax incentives for investment and workforce development will create the good, well-paid jobs to sustain a growing Connecticut. It's all tied together, lower taxes create the growth to create jobs and greater state revenue for the essential services we need. Without growth, the only answer is taxes. FACT: That has had a diminishing effect for over 10-years. Time to try something new.
Education: The future of Connecticut is in our schools today. I believe we must continue to strive for equity in education and invest in our Public Schools, on the classroom level, not by adding administrators, overhead and unaccountable bureaucracy. With the support of very good committee leadership, I have been successful in instituting policy change and task force study of how to bring equity to Special Ed, Autistic and Dyslexic students through early detection. Best practices are being developed and, an inspirational Newtown mom sits on the Dyslexia Task Force.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Connecticut scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2024
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2024, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2024, the Connecticut State Legislature was in session from February 7 to May 8.
|
2023
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2023, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2023, the Connecticut State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 7.
|
2022
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2022, the Connecticut State Legislature was in session from February 9 to May 4.
|
2021
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2021, the Connecticut State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 9.
|
2020
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2020, click [show]. |
|---|
|
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.
|
2019
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2019, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2019, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from January 9 through June 5.
|
2018
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2018, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2018, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from February 7 to May 9.
|
2017
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2017, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2017, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from January 4 through June 7. The legislature held a veto session on July 24. The legislature held its first special session on July 31. The legislature held its second special session from September 14 to September 16. The legislature held another special session on October 3. State lawmakers held their fourth special session from October 25 to October 26. The legislature met again in special session from November 14 to November 15.
|
2016
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2016, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2016, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from February 3 through May 4. The Legislature held a special session from May 12-13 to pass the state budget.
|
2015
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2015, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2015, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from January 7 through June 3.
|
2014
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2014, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2014, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from February 5 to May 7.
|
2013
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2013, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2013, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from January 9 to June 5. Ballotpedia staff did not find any state legislative scorecards published for this state in 2013. If you are aware of one, please contact editor@ballotpedia.org to let us know. |
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 |
Officeholder Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Connecticut House GOP, "Mitch Bolinsky," accessed November 27, 2019
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of the State, "Election Night Reporting, 2016 General Election," accessed December 14, 2016
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Official primary and general election results," accessed November 26, 2014
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 19, 2012
- ↑ CBS Connecticut, "2012 Primary Results," August 14, 2012
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Election Results 2012," accessed November 21, 2012
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Connecticut House of Representatives District 106 2013-Present |
Succeeded by - |
