Curious to where a candidate stands on your right to self defense? Look no further. Below is the list of all candidates for the State of Connecticut and their 2A ratings according to CCDL. If you are not sure what district you are in, click here and enter your address.
How it Works
Voting is the BEST and EASIEST way to protect your rights. Electing candidates that support the right to keep and bear arms makes all our jobs easier when it comes to the constant fight we have in Hartford.
It all STARTS at the ballot box. It is not enough to just say you support gun rights – you MUST do something. Commit to voting and even better, commit to taking friends and family to the polling station and vote for CCDL Endorsed or Pro-2A Candidates.
Prior to obtaining a rating, Candidates will fall into one of two categories to determine how they are rated:
- Those who held office previously and have a voting record will be reviewed based on that voting record.
- Those without a voting record have been sent a CCDL Candidate Questionnaire to find their stance on issues that are important to CCDL and those who support our rights to self defense.
Based on the results the Candidate’s voting record or questionnaire, Candidates will receive a rating of one of the following; Endorsed, Pro2A, Unreliable, Anti2A, and Unknown. Please read on to see how a candidate can achieve each rating.
Endorsed
Identifies Candidates with a 100% voting record with CCDL. Only those who have a voting record can obtain this level of rating.
Pro2A
Indicates the Candidate either has a voting record that has voted a majority of the time with CCDL OR indicates a Candidate that does not have a voting record and scored high on CCDL’s questionnaire.
Unreliable
Indicates the Candidate either has a voting record voting some of the time with CCDL OR indicates a Candidate that does not have a voting record and did not score high on CCDL’s questionnaire.
Anti-2A
Indicates the Candidate either has a voting record that generally does not vote with CCDL OR indicates a Candidate that does not have a voting record and scored low on CCDL’s questionnaire.
Unknown
Indicates the Candidate does not have a voting record, has not returned a CCDL questionnaire or has made public statements. If your Candidate rates as Unknown, ask them why they haven’t responded to CCDL’s Questionnaire.
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CT Governor
| Candidate | Rating |
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| Ryan Fazio |
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| Ned Lamont |
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| Josh Elliot |
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CT Attorney General
| Candidate | Rating |
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| Matt Corey |
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| William Tong |
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US House
| District | Candidate | Rating |
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Congressional District 1 |
John Larson |
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Congressional District 1 |
Jillian Gilchrest |
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Congressional District 2 |
George Austin |
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Congressional District 2 |
Joe Courtney |
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Congressional District 3 |
Rosa L. DeLauro |
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Congressional District 4 |
Jim Himes |
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Congressional District 5 |
Jahana Hayes |
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CT Senate
| District | Candidate | Rating |
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| 1 | John Fonfara |
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| 2 | Douglas McCrory |
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| 2 | Maryam Khan |
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| 3 | Saud Anwar |
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| 4 | MD Rahman |
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| 5 | Derek Slap |
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| 6 | Rick Lopes |
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| 7 | John Kissel |
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| 7 | David Alexander |
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| 7 | David Kiner |
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| 8 | Paul Honig |
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| 9 | Matthew Lesser |
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| 10 | Gary Winfield |
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| 11 | Martin Looney |
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| 11 | Alphonse Paolillo |
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| 12 | Christine Cohen |
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| 13 | Jonathan Fazzino |
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| 14 | James Maroney |
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| 15 | Joan Hartley |
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| 16 | Rob Sampson |
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| 17 | Jorge Cabrera |
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| 18 | Heather Somers |
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| 18 | Joseph de la Cruz |
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| 19 | Mike France |
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| 19 | Catherine Osten |
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| 20 | Martha Marx |
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| 21 | Jason Perillo |
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| 22 | Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox |
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| 23 | Herron Gaston |
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| 24 | Melissa Lindsey |
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| 24 | Julie Kushner |
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| 25 | Bob Duff |
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| 26 | Lucia "Lucy" Dathan |
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| 27 | Patricia Billie Miller |
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| 28 | Amy Beth Laroche |
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| 29 | Christopher Reddy |
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| 29 | Mae Flexer |
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| 30 | Stephen Harding |
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| 31 | Henri Martin |
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| 32 | Eric Berthel |
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| 33 | Charles Ferraro |
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| 33 | Norman Needleman |
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| 34 | Paul Cicarella |
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| 35 | Jeffrey Gordon |
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CT House
| District | Candidate | Rating |
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| 1 | Matthew Ritter |
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| 2 | Deborah Rizzo |
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| 2 | Raghib Allie-Brennan |
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| 3 | Minnie Gonzalez |
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| 4 | Julio Concepcion |
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| 6 | James Sanchez |
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| 7 | Joshua Hall |
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| 8 | William Gifford |
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| 9 | Jason Rojas |
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| 10 | Christopher Tierinni |
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| 11 | Patrick Biggins |
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| 12 | Geoff Luxenberg |
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| 13 | Jason Doucette |
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| 14 | William Aman |
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| 14 | Tom Delnicki |
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| 15 | Bobby Gibson |
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| 16 | Melissa Osborne |
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| 17 | Eleni Kavros DeGraw |
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| 20 | Kate Farrar |
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| 21 | Mike Demicco |
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| 22 | Rebecca Martinez |
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| 24 | Emmanuel Sanchez |
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| 25 | Jamie Vaughan |
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| 25 | Iris Sanchez |
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| 26 | Sal Simsek |
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| 26 | David DeFronzo |
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| 27 | Gary Turco |
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| 28 | Amy Morrin Bello |
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| 29 | Kerry Wood |
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| 30 | Donna Veach |
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| 31 | Jill Barry |
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| 32 | Christie Carpino |
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| 33 | Brandon Chafee |
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| 34 | Melissa Ziobron |
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| 35 | Christopher Aniskovich |
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| 36 | Guy Tuccero |
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| 36 | Mary Renee LaMark Muir |
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| 37 | Nick Menapace |
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| 38 | Nicholas Gauthier |
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| 39 | Anthony Nolan |
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| 40 | Daniel Gaiewski |
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| 41 | Aundre Bumgardner |
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| 42 | Savet Constantine |
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| 43 | Greg Howard |
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| 44 | Anne Dauphinais |
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| 45 | Brian Lanoue |
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| 46 | Derell Wilson |
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| 47 | Doug Dubitsky |
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| 48 | Mark DeCaprio |
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| 49 | Brian Saucier |
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| 49 | Susan Johnson |
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| 50 | Patrick Boyd |
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| 51 | Chris Stewart |
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| 52 | Kurt Vail |
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| 53 | Tammy Nuccio |
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| 54 | Gregory Haddad |
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| 55 | Steve Weir |
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| 56 | Kevin Brown |
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| 57 | Jaime Foster |
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| 58 | John Santanella |
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| 59 | Carol Hall |
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| 60 | Chantelle Ankerman |
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| 60 | Jane Garibay |
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| 61 | Tami Zawistowski |
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| 62 | Mark Anderson |
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| 63 | Jay Case |
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| 64 | Maria Horn |
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| 65 | Joseph C. Canino |
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| 66 | Karen Reddington-Hughes |
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| 67 | Bill Buckbee |
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| 68 | Joe Polletta |
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| 69 | Jason Buchsbaum |
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| 70 | Seth Bronko |
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| 71 | William Pizzuto |
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| 72 | Larry Butler |
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| 73 | Ronald Napoli |
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| 74 | Michael DiGiovancarlo |
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| 75 | Geraldo Reyes |
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| 76 | John Piscopo |
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| 77 | Cara Christine Pavalock-D'Amato |
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| 78 | Joe Hoxha |
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| 79 | Mary Fortier |
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| 80 | Gale Mastrofrancesco |
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| 81 | Tim Wilk |
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| 81 | Christopher Poulos |
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| 82 | Michael Quinn |
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| 84 | Hilda Santiago |
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| 86 | Vincent Candelora |
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| 87 | Dave Yaccarino |
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| 88 | Josh Elliott |
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| 89 | Lezlye Zupkus |
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| 90 | Craig Fishbein |
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| 91 | Laurie Sweet |
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| 92 | Patricia Dillon |
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| 93 | Toni Walker |
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| 94 | Steven Winter |
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| 95 | Juan Candelaria |
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| 96 | Roland Lemar |
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| 98 | Moira Rader |
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| 99 | Joseph Zullo |
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| 100 | Kai Juanna Belton |
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| 101 | John-Michael Parker |
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| 102 | Robin Comey |
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| 103 | Jeff Weiss |
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| 103 | Liz Linehan |
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| 104 | Kara Rochelle |
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| 105 | Nicole Klarides-Ditria |
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| 106 | Mitch Bolinsky |
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| 107 | Martin Foncello |
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| 108 | Patrick Callahan |
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| 109 | Ed Vachovetz |
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| 109 | Farley Santos |
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| 110 | Bob Godfrey |
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| 111 | Aimee Berger-Girvalo |
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| 112 | Tony Scott |
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| 114 | Mary Welander |
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| 115 | William Heffernan |
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| 116 | Trenee McGee |
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| 117 | Michael MJ Shannon |
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| 119 | Kathy Kennedy |
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| 120 | Kaitlyn Shake |
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| 121 | Joseph Gresko |
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| 122 | Ben McGorty |
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| 123 | David Rutigliano |
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| 124 | Andre Baker |
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| 125 | Tom O'Dea |
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| 126 | Fred Gee |
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| 127 | Marcus Brown |
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| 128 | Christopher Rosario |
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| 129 | Steven Stafstrom |
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| 130 | Antonio Felipe |
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| 131 | Arnold Jensen |
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| 131 | Heather Stafford |
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| 132 | Jennifer Leeper |
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| 133 | Cristin McCarthy Vahey |
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| 134 | Sarah Keitt |
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| 135 | Anne Hughes |
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| 137 | Kadeem Roberts |
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| 138 | Kenneth Gucker |
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| 139 | Mark Adams |
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| 139 | Larry Pemberton |
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| 140 | Travis Simms |
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| 141 | Tracy Marra |
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| 142 | Lucy Dathan |
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| 143 | Dominique Johnson |
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| 144 | Hubert Delany |
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| 145 | Corey Paris |
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| 147 | Matt Blumenthal |
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| 148 | Jonathan Jacobson |
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| 149 | Katherine "Tina" Courpas |
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| 150 | Steve Meskers |
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| 151 | Michael Mason |
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| 151 | Hector Arzeno |
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