Democrat Paul Honig Announces Bid for 8th Senate District.

Harwinton Democrat Paul Honig announced Tuesday that he is seeking his party’s nomination for the eleven-town 8th Senate District. Honig is a selectman in Harwinton and has unsuccessfully run for the House.

The University of Pennsylvania graduate is running “on a platform focused on making Connecticut more affordable, growing our economy and supporting a robust recovery from COVID, and protecting our environment,” Honig said in a written statement. After graduating from Wharton (you know who else in politics went there), Honig enjoyed a successful 22-year career in fixed income finance.”

Honig is an active volunteer in the region and lives in “an ultra-energy efficient house” that he and his wife Diane built in 2012.

Republican Kevin Witkos, in his eighth two-year term, has faced Democrat Melissa Osborne in three of the last four campaigns. Osborne was able to narrow her margin of defeat but could not defeat the Canton Republican.

Witkos won re-election in 2018 and 2020 as six of his Republican colleagues fell during an ongoing realignment of suburban voters away from his party. He has not announced his intentions for 2022.

Posted January 18, 2022