Bristol’s Betts Will Not Seek Seventh Term.
State Representative Whit Betts (R-78) will not run for re-election in 2022. The six-term Republican announced his decision Wednesday morning.
“I want to thank and express my deep appreciation to the voters of Bristol and Plymouth for putting their trust in me to be their state representative in Hartford. For over a decade, they elected me to represent them and advocate on their behalf in the General Assembly. Serving the people of the 78th district in this capacity has been the honor of a lifetime,” Betts said in a written statement released by House Republicans.
Republicans will be optimistic that they can hold the seat as Bristol has become a Republican stronghold. The party scored a sweep of municipal offices in November’s local elections.
Betts is the son-in-law of the late Wally Barnes, a legend Connecticut public life during the second-half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st.
Posted November 18, 2021.