State's Realtors Endorse Senator Kevin Kelly

Press release from Kelly For Senate:

Sept. 27, 2022

Senator Kevin Kelly, who is running for reelection to represent the 21st Senate District, has earned the endorsement of the Connecticut REALTORS®, Connecticut’s largest professional trade Association focused on advocating for and promoting real estate ownership in Connecticut.

"I appreciate the support of Connecticut's real estate professionals who see firsthand the connection between a healthy and growing economy and our real estate market, as well as the significance of home ownership to Connecticut families and achieving the American Dream," said Senator Kevin Kelly. "Connecticut must do much more to make our state affordable and enable people to stay here and enter the workforce, raise a family, or retire. CT Realtors see that every day. I am honored to receive their endorsement recognizing my continued efforts to make Connecticut a better place for every working- and middle-class family to find opportunity and prosperity and build a future here for not only themselves, but also the next generation."

"On behalf of Connecticut REALTORS®, which represents nearly 20,000 members involved in all aspects of real estate in Connecticut, we are pleased to relay our Association has voted to endorse your candidacy for Connecticut’s Senate District 21," Connecticut REALTORS 2022 President Tammy Felenstein, 2023 President David Gallitto, and General Counsel James Heckman, Esq. wrote to Sen. Kelly. "The Association carefully evaluates candidates in determining who may best ensure a positive environment for living in or transferring property in Connecticut. Real estate is essential to economic stability in our state and helps to build communities."

Sen. Kelly is an advocate for policies to make Connecticut more affordable, increase health care access, improve public safety, protect the environment, and strengthen education, workforce development and job growth – all qualities that will make Connecticut a more attractive place to live, work, raise a family, and retire. His proposals focus on helping working- and middle-class families as well as seniors afford to stay in and find opportunity and success in our state.

To learn more about Sen. Kelly's proposals for a safer, healthier, more affordable, and prosperous Connecticut, visit www.BetterWayCT.com.

Senator Kelly, a lifelong resident of Stratford, currently serves as the Senate Minority Leader in the state Senate and works as an elder law attorney as the owner of Kevin Kelly & Associates, PC; a Stratford law firm. Prior to working in private practice, Kevin Kelly worked as an investigator for the Department of Social Services for over 13 years. He and his wife Cindy live in Stratford and have four children and seven grandchildren.

This press release was produced by Kelly For Senate. The views expressed here are the author's own.