Erin Stewart is the 40th mayor of New Britain, Connecticut.
Education
Stewart graduated from New Britain High School in 2005, after which she attended Central Connecticut State University. In 2009 she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and a minor in communications.
In November 2011, Stewart was elected to the city’s Board of
She headed the planning and budgeting subcommittee of New Britain’s Commission on Community and Neighborhood Development while serving as vice chairperson. She is also a Justice of the Peace.
Career
She was elected to her first term on November 5, 2013. She is currently the youngest serving female mayor in the United States. Stewart, who describes herself as a fiscal conservative and social moderate, beat Democratic incumbent Tim O"Brien, having received 55 percent of the vote in city where Democrats outnumber Republicans 6-1.
Stewart was elected to a second term on November 3, 2015 after beating Democratic candidate John McNamara and petitioning candidate Alfred Mayo.
She is the only female to have been elected to the Office of Mayor in New Britain twice. During her 2015 campaign, Stewart received unprecedented endorsements from the city"s police and fire unions, along with Local 1186 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a union consisting of more than 300 city employees.
Stewart was born May 4, 1987 in New Britain to Patricia (Badolato) and former New Britain mayor Timothy Stewart, who served the city from 2003-2011. Before becoming mayor, Stewart worked as a Legislative Aide in the Connecticut General Assembly.