Ryan Fazio

Candidate for Governor of Connecticut (2026)

Ryan Fazio is a Connecticut state senator for the 36th District (Greenwich, Stamford and New Canaan), first elected in an August 2021 special election, and the Senate Republican Whip. He is the Republican candidate for Governor of Connecticut in 2026, nominated at the party's state convention on May 16, 2026 without a primary.

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Biography

Ryan Fazio was born in Connecticut and raised in Greenwich, where he graduated from Greenwich High School in 2008. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Northwestern University in 2012. He spent most of his career in commodities markets, trading agriculture and energy goods with a focus on renewable energy, and later worked as a vice president at a growth equity firm that invests in mid-sized businesses. He served on the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting for District 12 and on the town's Energy Efficiency Committee. He won the 36th District state Senate seat in a special election in August 2021 and was re-elected in 2022 and 2024; his current term ends in 2027. He is the Senate Republican Whip and ranking member of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee and the Energy and Technology Committee. On May 16, 2026 the Connecticut Republican state convention endorsed him for governor with about 92 percent of the vote, and no primary followed.

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Ryan Fazio

Candidate for Governor of Connecticut (2026)

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Candidate for Governor of Connecticut (2026) is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

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Biography

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Published claim checks

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Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

Also from Connecticut