State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) has announced his run for an eighth term as Newtown’s ‘Voice in Hartford,’ serving the community in the CT House of Representatives.

Bolinsky and team will be celebrating his re-election campaign on President’s Day, Monday, 5 to 7 pm at Newtown’s My Place Restaurant. The event is free, family friendly, and focused on Newtown.

“Unlike other campaigns, there will be conversation, not trash talk,” Bolinsky stated in his announcement. “If this sounds nice to you, please, be our guest.”

First elected in November, 2012, Bolinsky serves as an assistant House Republican leader.

His committee work includes leadership as ranking member of the state’s celebrated Aging Committee, where his perseverance and cross-aisle reach go hand-in-hand with that of his House majority co-chair’s. Together the two have earned the privilege of working three “Governor’s bills” and a House “Speaker’s bill” over the past four sessions, gaining unanimous, or near-unanimous, passage on each. Their efforts have been recognized with legislative achievement awards, from groups like AARP (2025, ‘24 & ‘23), CT Coalition of Resident Councils (‘25), and CT Assoc for Healthcare at Home (‘23). These and others may be viewed at mitchfornewtown.com/honors-awards.

His other committees include the budget-writing Appropriations Committee, and the State’s Elementary & Secondary Education Committee, reflecting his commitment to fiscal accountability, affordability, and the robust educational foundation that the Bolinsky children were beneficiaries of, in Newtown Schools.

On education, Bolinsky stated he is “a recognized, special education champion, crossing aisles, advocating, building consensus around science-based early detection and intervention for students on the spectrum, and the one in five having dyslexia.”

“It took a statewide movement to legislate & create the Office of Dyslexia & Reading Disabilities in 2024, along with the advocates at Decoding Dyslexia,” said Bolinsky. “It was a multi-year effort, and two bipartisan legislators stuck with it all the way and, to this day, still do. I, working on behalf of a superhero Newtown mom, was one of them.”

Bolinsky turned serious and said: “Our campaign will be results-oriented, positive, and focused on my good record for people. My dad was the guy who would drop everything to be where he was needed. It’s in my genes to put others first, like he did. He also taught how ‘Actions speak louder than words.’ Newtown deserves to be represented with dignity, humility and kindness. I think that’s why my support comes from Republican, Democratic, and Unaffiliated voters.”

Bolinsky said that he is “eternally proud, and grateful to represent Newtown and very happy to say our town has done well getting and keeping its fair share and maintaining a high profile in all matters of state on my watch.”

“Together in just the last year, I’ve played an important part in a lot of things that matter to many of us,” said Bolinsky. “A lot of the work was done with not much fanfare to turn a friendly walk in the woods into a perpetual, zero-cost license for Newtown to traverse an unused section of railroad track that’ll soon become our first section of ‘Rail Trail’; with a bit too much fanfare we conserved a sensitive, pristine meadow, by a beautiful sanctuary, from multi-story, high-density development; in May, we literally saved our historic Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard from a Governor’s cut, powered by bipartisan respect for its 218-years of living history; and, on Sunday, October 25, my friends at the Alzheimer’s Association will begin calling Fairfield Hills the new home of the 2026, and future, Western CT Walk to End Alz! I love this job!”

Learn more, contact, volunteer, and more about Rep Bolinsky, at mitchfornewtown.com.