2020 REPUBLICAN TOWN COUNCIL
Elizabeth Wetmore
Councilwoman at Large
Wetmore won re-election in 2019 to the Legislative Council At-Large. She is a Hamden High School graduate and attended Albertus Magnus and Gateway. She was a stay-at-home mom for 20 years, then worked 35 years as admissions, marketing director and community liaison for Arden House.
Marjorie Bonadies
Councilwoman 9th District
Bonadies won re-election where she has served on the council as the representative in the 9th District for the four previous years, first as an At-Large representative for two years and then two years as Minority Leader. Bonadies has worked as a registered nurse for more than 20 years.
Austin Cesare
Councilman at Large
As a lifelong Hamden resident, Cesare served on the Board of Education 2005-2011. From 2011-2017 he served on Hamden Legislative Council. In 2019 Cesare was re-elected to the Board of Education. He is a 22-year public school social studies teacher. Currently, he serves as Social Studies Department Chair and for 8-years, an adjunct professor of American Government.
Gary Walsh
Board of Education
Walsh has been teaching for 25 years and earned a bachelor's of science degree in business at UConn and a master's of science in education at Southern Connecticut State University.
