Tony Hwang Draws Republican Opponent.

The nominating convention is a year away, but the race for the Republican for state senator in the 28th district has begun. Newtown Republican J.T. Lewis has announced his candidacy by a YouTube video. Lewis will face three-term incumbent Republican Tony Hwang.

Lewis’ video emphasizes his late brother Jesse’s heroism in the December 2012 Sandy Hook killings and how it inspired his younger brother to immerse himself in activism.

Hwang was one of two Fairfield County state senate Republican to withstand the 2018 anti-Trump cull of his colleagues in the former Republican bastion.