Hilary Gunn Ousted From Greenwich RTC in Caucus Surprise.

Anti-toll activist Hilary Gunn was defeated for re-election to the Greenwich Republican Town Committee Wednesday night.

A large group of registered Republicans attended the open caucus and used their numbers to keep Gunn from returning to the RTC. She wrote on Facebook that “I am not okay.” Gunn, a Greenwich Country Day School graduate, caught the attention of Ann Huntress Lamont, the governor’s spouse, by frequently attending transportation and other events. Mrs. Lamont wondered in an email, “Who’s this crazy anti-toll girl stalking Ned?”

Surprise caucuses can have consequences. A group of Middletown Democrats quietly organized themselves and others in 2018 and won a majority of seats on that town committee from party regulars who were largely supporters of then-mayor Dan Drew. Drew declined to seek re-election in 2019.