Dan Lent Leads Republican Slate of Candidates in 2025 Municipal Election

EASTON, CT, July 15, 2025 – Daniel (Dan) Lent, a local environmentalist with life-long ties to

Easton, is the Republican First Selectman candidate for this year’s local election. Lent will be joined on the ticket by incumbent Selectman Kristi Sogofsky, who was named to the Board of Selectmen in 2018 and is seeking her fifth term.

“I am an attorney with a science background. I grew up in Easton, went through the Easton

schools and raised my family here. I am running for First Selectman of Easton because I love our town, and I think the politicians in control of our state and our town are taking us in the wrong direction.” Lent has filed lawsuits to save Easton’s wetlands and zoning, served on the town’s Conservation Commission (Inland Wetlands Agency), served on Helen Keller’s School Climate Committee to address bullying, and helped draft the town’s first bipartisan Ethics Ordinance. Lent also served on Democrat State Senator Christine Cohen’s Sewage Treatment Working group and often speaks about preservation and sewage treatment issues affecting local wetlands and Long Island Sound.

Self-described as socially liberal but fiscally responsible, Lent is committed to a “hyper local

issues” campaign centered around preserving Easton’s high quality school system, protecting the town’s natural resources, and helping with affordability - especially to our seniors, all while enhancing services, infrastructure, and economic opportunity.

“I will focus on local Easton issues and bring residents of all parties together to save and

preserve what is universally regarded as good about Easton,” Lent said. “In that same spirit, I reject the lazy and tired arguments about national politics that have creeped into our municipal elections and local rhetoric. It’s unhelpful and counterproductive to our community.”

He explained that Easton is under environmental attack from outside developers, like the

Saddle Ridge developers, who want to break three-acre watershed zoning, which has pristinely preserved Easton’s three public water supply reservoirs since our zoning regulations were adopted in 1941. A recent petition gained 500+ signatures against such development.

“Recklessly breaking zoning with little or no scientific rigor or scrutiny is all about greed and

money,” he said. “I stand for Easton controlling its zoning and land use policy, not sophomoric Hartford politicians with no scientific training or uninformed and greedy developers. I stand for smart and environmentally friendly land use planning. I believe in defending Easton’s zoning and sewage treatment rules, which were created to protect the watershed that supplies clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residents. It is wrong to poison the reservoirs and water supplies with sewage for everyone so a few exploitive developers can get rich quick and then leave town.”

Lent also cited the failed HB 5002 housing bill as inspiration for his candidacy. Together with CT169 Strong, Lent was instrumental in gathering signatures and letters that eventually

convinced Governor Ned Lamont to veto the disastrous bill.

“I look forward to an energized campaign focused on the issues that matter most to our town and have the greatest local impact on our neighbors,” said incumbent Selectman Kristi Sogofsky. “Our slate of candidates is deeply involved in all aspects of our community from our schools and local sports leagues to community organizations and involvement. We're dedicated to the issues that matter to Easton’s future. Our collective experience will help Easton run more smoothly, with the accountability and attention to process that have been sorely lacking in recent years.”

Lent and Sogofsky are joined by a knowledgeable and diverse group of candidates committed to Easton’s future. They are:

Town Clerk: Debbie Szegedi (incumbent)

Town Treasurer: Christine Calvert (incumbent)

Tax Collector" Krista Kot (incumbent)

Board of Finance Joshua Bailey (incumbent), Colin Cote

Board of Education: Kristin Falzone

Planning & Zoning Commission: Lou DiPietro (incumbent)

Region 9 Board of Education: Todd Johnston (incumbent), Dr. Arcangelo DiStefano 

Zoning Board of Appeals: Jim Wright (incumbent), Joe Palmieri

Board of Assessment Appeals: Adam Bonoff (incumbent)

Library Board of Trustees: Diane Parker (incumbent), Mary Welch (incumbent)

Constables: Anthony Battaglia (incumbent), Darrin Silhavy (incumbent), Genevieve Waterbury, James Waterbury

“It’s been famously said that local elections are where democracy begins,” said Darrell Harris, Chairman of the Republican Town Committee. “For too many years, our town politics have deteriorated into senseless arguments that don’t reflect who we are as neighbors or invested citizens of Easton. We will fight hard to win every race, and we will be undaunted in calling out hypocrisy and rhetoric designed to negatively change Easton or divide us as a community.”

Harris added that he’s eager to work with Easton Democrats to schedule at least one debate for the Board of Selectmen candidates in the fall.

To donate to the Dan Lent for Easton campaign, visit www.Lent4Easton.org.

To find out more about the Republican candidates for office or donate to the Republican Town Committee, visit www.EastonRTC.org.