Bidened: State Representative Jeff Currey drops out of re-election campaign.

A dramatic night at the East Hartford Democratic Town Committee. State Representative Jeff Currey announced he has resigned his position on the ballot. He will not seek a sixth term.

Currey told local Democrats—once among the state’s mightiest local organizations—that he has a career opportunity that would require a special election if he took it. Speculation on Currey’s future includes a position in the Lamont administration. This would likely prompt a long series of turf tussles.

Currey was in the news this spring when he proposed an ill-judged change in the state’s school construction finance program that opened a path to corruption by project construction managers.

Published July 25, 2024.