Floridian Runs for State GOP Chair. Cusato Voted in Sunshine State Last Fall.

And you thought Randy Quaid pondering a bid for governor of California was the oddest political news at the start of the week. Connecticut (and Florida) have a contender for that competitive category. Jennifer Cusato announced in a long email last weekend that she is in the race to become the next chair of the Republican state party committee.

Cusato lives and votes in Florida. Voting records show that last November Cusato cast an in-person ballot in Dunedin, Florida. She was an unsuccessful 2019 candidate for Fairfield’s RTM.

In her rambling announcement, Cusato set out a stall built on vagaries. “We must be consumed with finding solutions. I have always prided myself on being a person of my word and of action.  As your chairman,” she wrote, “I will boldly speak out every time. The members of our party will know they are not alone, and that their party leader is a woman whose heart is with them.”

A candidate usually has solutions, though specifics have been thin on the ground in this odd competition to lead what’s left of the state party organization. If elected, Cusato promises to move to Vernon confront state Representative Michael Winkler over his comments on Asian Americans and racism.

Cusato writes that she has raised money for Republican candidates running in Connecticut and other states.