Document: Letter Officially Approves Burke, Slate as Tea Party Candidates

The letter above is from Connecticut's Secretary of State's Office, officially approving that former First Selectman may run again this year as a Connecticut Tea Party candidate.

It also approves seven additional candidates on the slate: Robert Crnic for selectman, Jack Moody for treasurer, George Gaylord Jr. and Salvatore Maniscalco for the Board of Finance, Kevin Gallagher for the Board of Education, Clinton Monroe Jr. for the Board of Assessment Appeals and Tulio Belardinelli for the Police Commission. 

Last month, the candidates needed 49 signatures from Bethel residents to run on the Connecticut Tea Party ticket and received 65. The signatures were then submitted to the Secretary of State's Office for approval on Wednesday, Aug. 10.

Now that Bethel's Town Clerk's Office received the confirmation letter, Burke and Crnic will officially be on the ballot this Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 8) and will go up against incumbent First Selectman (D) and Selectman Richard Straiton and (R) and Selectman Paul Szatkowski.