Exclusive: It’s Laura Devlin. Stefanowski Picks Fairfield State Representative for LG.

State Representative Laura Devlin will join Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bob Stefanowski as his running mate in November’s election, Daily Ructions can report. The former communications professional is serving her 4th term from the 134th Assembly District, which includes parts of Fairfield and Trumbull. Devlin is a Deputy House Republican Leader.

The pair will make a formal announcement Tuesday. On Monday evening, the running mates appeared at a Fairfield Republican Town Committee for a preview of the news with Devlin’s local supporters.

Devlin, according to her official biography, grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and was one of five children. Devlin’s mother was an elementary school teacher. Her father stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and fought more Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge later in that year when the liberation of Europe began.

Devlin “started working at 15 and largely put herself through college, graduating from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana in four years.” Devlin has lived in Fairfield for more than 20 years. She is married and has two children.

Before winning her House seat in 2014, Devlin served on Fairfield’s Representative Town Meeting. She serves on the Education; Finance, Revenue and Bonding; and Transportation committees.

Republicans meet next month to select their ticket. Stefanowski and Devlin will face little opposition. Devlin’s nomination signals Stefanowski’s hope to regain ground Republicans lost as suburban voters grew increasingly alarmed at the party establishment’s embrace of Donald Trump’s disdain of freedom, embrace of dictators, and unending vituperation for democratic norms.

Stefanowski’s choice of Devlin signals he understands he needs a safe pair of hands who can articulate sound policies without a thick coating of angry grievance.

Published April 4, 2022.