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State Sen. Gary Winfield.
New Haven State Sen. Gary Winfield has his eye on higher office, but has decided not to pursue it in 2018.
So Winfield said during a conversation at Monday’s mayoral inauguration at Hill Regional Career High School.
Winfield, who has made a name for himself in Hartford as a leading advocate of criminal-justice reform, had been weighing a quest for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. “I had been having conversations” to gauge potential support, he said.
Meanwhile, his wife Rasheda reached the six-month point of her pregnancy with, it turned out, twins. It’s been a challenging pregnancy, Winfield said, and he decided this isn’t the right year to throw himself into a quest for statewide office.
Winfield was first elected to the state legislature in 2008. He ran for mayor in 2013.