John Pavia to Launch Bid to Lead State Republicans.

John Pavia confirms to Daily Ructions that he will seek the state Republican party chairmanship. The Easton Republican will send a letter to party committee members that the chairman “needs to be politically astute, well organized, skilled at fund raising, and adept at managing a diverse group of constituents with very strong personalities.”

Pavia served as the head of the state party’s finance committee for four years. As chairman, Pavia will tell party activists that “we need to refine the brand.”

Pavia is married to Robin Pavia, who serves as a judge on the Superior Court. Her impending reappointment will be in the hands of Democratic Governor Dannel P. Malloy.

Daily Ructions recalls Pavia, who vigorously promoted himself as a legal commentator in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as a John Rowland apologist after the felonious former governor was revealed in 2003-2004 to have betrayed his public trust.

Pavia is a lawyer who has “spent the last 16 years in the business world, turning around distressed companies.”

Other candidates are expected to join the contest to try to replace battered, travel-loving incumbent Jerry Labriola.