Merrill Gay
Merrill Gay | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Britain Board of Education At-Large | |
| Assumed office March 26, 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Richardson |
| Children | Vivian Gay Gregory "Greg" Gay |
| Alma mater | Clark University (BA) Southern New Hampshire University (MS) |
Merrill Gay is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves on the New Britain Board of Education. A candidate for Mayor of New Britain, he was appointed to the Board in 2014 and subsequently won the election in 2015.[1]
Education[edit]
Gay received his BA in Government from Clark University and his master's from New Hampshire College, now Southern New Hampshire University.
Early career and Board of Education[edit]
Gay became the executive director of the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance in 2013 after having served in the same role at the Coalition for New Britain's Children.[2] He was appointed to a vacant seat on the school board on March 26 of the next year before being elected to a four-year term in 2015.[3]
Gay is the treasurer of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding[4] and was a plaintiff in the landmark Connecticut case CCJEF v. Rell, in which the state's education funding formula was found unconstitutional. [5][6]
2017 mayoral race[edit]
On February 28, 2017, Gay announced that he had formed an exploratory committee to begin raising money and then declared his candidacy for mayor on April 24.[7][8]
He is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination to face incumbent Republican Erin Stewart and was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Connecticut's two senators in June.[9][10][11] The New Britain Democratic Party unanimously endorsed Gay for its nomination at a meeting of the Democratic Town Committee on July 20.[12][13] Elections will be held on November 7.[14]
Personal life[edit]
Gay is married to Mary Richardson. Their two children, Vivian and Greg, both attended New Britain High School.
References[edit]
- ↑ nbcityjournal.com/archives/8765
- ↑ "Staff – CT Early Childhood Alliance". earlychildhoodalliance.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ nbcityjournal.com/archives/8765
- ↑ ccjef.org/ccjef-officers
- ↑ ccjef.org/documents/new-pdfs/CCJEF_Appeal_Statement_of_Merrill_Gay.pdf
- ↑ "Judge strikes down state education aid choices as ‘irrational’ | The CT Mirror". ctmirror.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ↑ newbritainindependent.com/2017/04/24/democrat-merrill-gay-announces-candidacy-mayor/
- ↑ "New Britain Herald – Merrill Gay sets event to announce run for mayor". newbritainherald.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ "New Britain Herald – Congressional Democrats back Merrill Gay in local race". newbritainherald.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ "New Britain Democratic Mayoral Candidate Emerges To Challenge Erin Stewart – Hartford Courant". courant.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ "New Britain City Council Race Begins To Take Shape - Courant Community". courant.com. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- ↑ is the executive director of the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance
- ↑ newbritainindependent.com/2017/07/20/merrill-gay-wins-democratic-party-mayoral-endorsement/
- ↑ "New Britain Herald – Merrill Gay sets event to announce run for mayor". newbritainherald.com. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
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