Mary Fay is not pleased. Log Cabin Republicans decline to support LGBTQ candidate for comptroller.

West Hartford Republican Mary Fay took to Facebook last month to express her displeasure that the Connecticut Log Cabin Republicans have not endorsed her bid for comptroller. The organization has endorsed Republicans running for the state legislature and Congress, according to its website.

Fay, a member of West Hartford’s town council, commented on a Log Cabin Republicans post boosting the September 20th annual state Republican Prescott Bush Dinner in Stamford. The attraction of the event was Senator Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican. Ernst acknowledged Fay from the podium from that night. Fay seems to have thought that would prompt the gay Republican group to act.

Describing herself as “the only Republican LGBTQ candidate ever about to break history,” Fay added some hashtags to the post. #wheresmyendorsement expresses her disappointment. #rainbowsuitemeansnothing is more of a mystery. Fay’s post has been deleted from her account.

Fay faces Democrat Sean Scanlon on the ballot for comptroller. Scanlon is a state representative and executive director of Tweed New Haven Airport. Fay has a background in finance, including a stint as the Connecticut Retirement Security Authority’s executive director. That position came to an abrupt end when the Lamont administration declined to fund the agency.

Published October 21, 2022.