PROUDLY SERVING THE 16TH DISTRICT
State Senator Rob Sampson
Senior Deputy Republican Leader
Rob Sampson, re-elected to a fourth term in 2024, represents Connecticut’s 16th District. He is the Ranking Member on the Government Administration & Elections Committee, the Housing Committee, and the Labor & Public Employees Committee. Rob is widely known as an advocate for America’s core principles, restoring our system of limited, representative, constitutional government, protecting private contracts and defending the natural rights of his constituents.
“I am honored to be chosen by the people of the 16th District as their voice at the State Capitol. I remain committed to defending our American principles of freedom, representation, limited constitutional self-government, and the rule of law. I believe that with hard work and our collective voices, Connecticut can become a safer and more affordable state with a bright future for all. As always, I will put in the hard work to make it happen.”
LATEST COLUMN
The Big Beautiful Contrast: What Trump Gets Right—and Connecticut Gets So Wrong (August 2025)
If you’ve been following the media freak-out over the “Big Beautiful Bill,” you’d think Congress just passed a dystopian nightmare designed to starve grandma and destroy the weather. Naturally, none of that’s true. But as anyone watching politics lately knows, truth is rarely the priority.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Cheshire Legislative Update August 20, 2025
Mark you calendars! I will be appearing with my amazing colleague State Representative Lezlye Zupkus later this week both in Cheshire and Prospect. These will be fun events dedicated to answering your questions! Invite a friend or two and come out and join us! All are welcome.
Trump DOJ is hearing us!
From the article -
The GOP lawmakers, Harding and Sampson, in an afternoon statement Friday said Connecticut is allowing undocumented aliens in the state convicted of some crimes to escape federal scrutiny.
“As we have repeatedly said, the U.S. Justice Department would be more accurate if it called Connecticut a ‘supersanctuary’ state, because that’s what Connecticut most assuredly is," Harding and Sampson wrote. "That’s because Connecticut Democrats prohibit local and state law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities – including for those who have been convicted for violent felonies. The U.S. Justice Department has answered him quite clearly."
Pam Bondi writes letter to Connecticut about sanctuary status: 'This ends now'
www.ctinsider.com
Six Connecticut cities were previously accused of being sanctuary jurisdictions.
For Immediate Release
August 15, 2025
Sen. Rob Sampson and Sen. Stephen Harding today issued the following statement regarding Wanda Geter-Pataky, the woman at the center of the Bridgeport election fraud scandal getting arrested again, this time being accused of violating the conditions of her release by contacting some of the witnesses expected to testify against her.
“You simply cannot make this stuff up. We thought this arrest news was a joke. Turns out the joke’s on ALL Connecticut residents.
When will one-party rule Connecticut Democrats at the State Capitol admit and acknowledge what the rest of the state sees? We need election integrity reform. Gov. Lamont doesn’t care. He does nothing about it. That’s arrogance.
Republicans have been shouting from the rooftops about this even prior to the viral Bridgeport ballot stuffing videos which made Connecticut a national embarrassment. Connecticut Democrats have shown zero interest in ensuring election integrity and have repeatedly voted ‘no’ on Republicans’ repeated efforts to fix this obviously broken system.
So the punchlines will continue with no end in sight. Isn’t that right, Gov. Lamont?
Wanda Geter-Pataky arrested again in Bridgeport election case
ctmirror.org
Geter-Pataky, the woman at the center of the Bridgeport ballot fraud scandal, was charged with violating the conditions of her release.