Lee Whitnum for Governor
Hi, I'm Lee, this is my platform:
Connecticut is becoming unaffordable for too many people because state government too often serves the wealthy and protects a “Gold Coast economy” that working families cannot afford. I’m not just running against Ned Lamont. I’m running against the powerful interests and vocal minority that shape politics in Hartford and Washington. Voters deserve more than vague promises. This platform lays out where I stand and the priorities I will fight for.
Economic Fairness and Accountability
· End billionaire welfare with a tax policy that works for the rest of us.
· Stop the wealthy and powerful from buying elections here and in Washington.
· Make the rich pay their fair share while delivering common-sense tax relief.
· Break up monopolies and support small businesses.
· Protect Connecticut’s economy by raising the federal minimum wage.
Democracy, Ethics, and Good Government
· Defend the Constitution and strengthen democracy before it slips away.
· Crack down on corruption by rooting out waste, fraud, bribery, and abuse of power.
· Pass term limits and enforce a strict code of ethics, especially around donations from powerful interests.
Healthcare, Social Security, and Public Services
· Rebuild our broken healthcare system with practical, common-sense reform.
· Strengthen Medicare and Medicaid.
· Protect Social Security for future generations.
· Defend and support public schools.
· Strengthen the VA and stand with veterans.
· Defend the Post Office and expand access to essential public services.
Energy, Environment, and Housing
· Take back citizen power by ending big energy price gouging.
· Empower citizens to invest in small solar that does not require “selling back to the grid.”
· Protect our climate, air, water, land, and wildlife.
· Is there a long-term housing crisis? Says who? Address the housing crisis with long-term, practical solutions.
· Ensure data centers are developed without destroying communities.
Workers, Families, and Civil Rights
· Enforce immigration law in a humane, orderly, and civilized way.
· Support unions and bring more good union jobs to Connecticut.
· Keep government out of our private lives and defend the right to choose.
· Fight for equality for all.
· Reform the judicial system and reduce unnecessary budget strain by learning from effective state models, like Alaska.
· Adopt a better approach to hospital budgeting rather than relying on punitive fines. Lamont’s new plan of a $400,000 fine does not make sense.
· Provide common-sense childcare support for children and parents.
· Support Americans with disabilities.
Connecticut Jobs, Waterfronts, and Industry
· Strengthen and modernize Connecticut’s working waterfront.
· Create incentives that make waterfront industries more competitive and marketable.
· Fight Pentagon waste to rebuilding Connecticut’s shipbuilding capacity.
Foreign Policy and Public Safety
· End the ongoing killing in Gaza and stop public funding that supports the conflict.
· Review and reverse state investments in Israeli bonds, including the $95 million issued under Ned Lamont.
· Hold American settlers in the West Bank accountable when they violate the law.
· End wars that do not help us in any way. .
· Replace the war on drugs with a common-sense public-safety approach.
Connecticut first
Independent, not beholden to a party, enlist experts across the board
Results that will make real change.
Meet The Candidates
Lee Whitnum
Lee Whitnum
Lee Whitnum
Candidate for Governor
- With extensive experience in community advocacy and public service, Lee Whitnum brings a proven track record of championing the interests of Connecticut's citizens. Her dedication to transparent governance and grassroots initiatives highlights her commitment to making a meaningful impact.
- (See Lee's bio on the next page)
Lee Whitnum
Lee Whitnum
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
- Keith is a seasoned politico and former State Representative. Keith has over 20 years of experience in leadership, focusing on grassroots mobilization and issues concerning finance. Keith has a tax strategy along with planning and organizational expertise that are key to pushing forward Lee Whitnum's and Keith Denning's vision for Connecticut's future.
Israel
It's time for our Governors to stop the U.S. Funding of Israel
According to TrackAIPAC roughly 75% of our members of Congress take money from the Israel lobby. So basically, the United States is bought and beholden to Israeli interests. It is time for the Governors to step forward and take our county back. To stop these endless wars for Israel.
As your gubernatorial team Lee and Keith will file a lawsuit against the United States to keep what is annually given to Israel ($75 million of Connecticut taxpayer money) here.
Divest the $95 million of CT money Ned Lamont put in Israeli bonds.
Prevent Colt (located in CT) from selling munitions to billionaires fueling the settlers in the West Bank.
What Lee and Keith will do as your Governor and Lieutenant Governor to Cut Israel Loose
1. Prosecute American settlers who commit acts of violence in the West Bank. Issue arrest warrants.
2. Put out an arrest warrant for Mr. Netanyahu. He is a war criminal, and his 30 years of bloody reign of terror and chaos must end.
3. Just like Mayor Zohran Mandani we will revoke the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition and overturn any anti-BDS orders and initiatives. No law should dictate what we choose to purchase.
4. Exercise our standing as Governor and Lieutenant Governor to file a lawsuit on behalf of the people of Connecticut against the United States of American to keep with $75 million annually of Connecticut's money here - and not given to Israel.
5. All Connecticut candidates at every level, including Congressional, are prohibited from going on any of the Israeli indoctrination trips.
6. CT, unconscionably, gives Israel an additional $95 million annually in State of Israel bonds. As your Governor, Lee will divest all money from Israel.
Eliminate corrupt judges. Preliminary Disqualification is a right Connecticut citizens need.
7. More than 30 states grant their citizens the right to Preliminary Disqualification (sometimes called Pre-emptive Disqualification). This gives a litigant the right to ask a judge, at the beginning of a case, to step off a case. By statute, the judge will have no choice but to step aside. This cuts the knees out of the predators in our system. Judges with many "step aside" requests will be subject to a hearing to determine fitness for office and fired. Firings will be encouraged to eliminate fiefdoms. Preliminary Disqualification will also extend to our federal judges. They get a job for life, but a litigant should still have the right to get out from under a predator or old nemesis.
Get the Rabbis out of our schools.
8. Overturn Public Act 18-24 (Senate Bill 452), officially named An Act Concerning the Inclusion of Holocaust and Genocide Education and Awareness in the Social Studies Curriculum. Signed into law by Governor Dannel Malloy on May 10, 2018. This is a violation of church and state.
