As Democrats lock in supermajorities and a third Lamont term, a longtime Republican activist blasts the state party’s nonexistent GOTV effort and two decades of statewide futility.

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The Connecticut Republican Party’s long slide into irrelevance accelerated dramatically on November 3, and one of its most prominent former candidates is no longer willing to stay silent about who bears responsibility.

Leora Levy, the Trump-endorsed 2022 U.S. Senate nominee and former Republican National Committeewoman for Connecticut, posted a scathing call for the resignation of CTGOP Chairman Ben Proto on X. In the post, Levy declared that Proto “should resign in disgrace” and warned that “the Republican Party in CT will be virtually nonexistent in Hartford in 2027.”

She directed her message at State Central Committee members, current Republican legislators, and Republican Town Committee chairs: “HASN’T PROTO WROUGHT ENOUGH DAMAGE TO OUR PARTY AND ULTIMATELY TO OUR STATE?”

Levy correctly noted the broader historical context. Connecticut Republicans have not won a statewide constitutional office or a federal race since 2006—a drought that now stretches to 20 years. She argued that the “worst carnage has occurred under Proto’s watch since 2021,” the year he was first elected chairman. He was re-elected in 2023 and again in 2025.

From the day he took the job, Proto publicly set a clear benchmark: elect a Republican governor in 2026. That effort failed. State Senator Ryan Fazio, whom Levy described as “an excellent candidate,” lost to Governor Ned Lamont by roughly 17–18 points (approximately 58–59% to 41–42%). Democrats also retained every other statewide constitutional office and all five U.S. House seats. The legislative results were even more punishing.

Levy’s most pointed criticism concerned the absence of basic party infrastructure and voter contact. “Where was the CTGOP GOTV effort?” she asked. “There was no Early Voting Campaign to get our voters out, no unified statewide rallies, no CTGOP mailers (at least not in my mailbox), no texts, nothing!”

Levy went further, writing that if one were inclined toward conspiratorial thinking, “one could conclude that Proto might be a Manchurian Chairman, working for the Democrats.” Whether or not that framing is adopted, the practical outcome is the same: a state legislature in 2027 in which Republicans will struggle to even force recorded votes or slow progressive legislation on taxes, energy, housing, and criminal justice.

Connecticut is already a one-party state in practice. The 2026 results simply remove any remaining ambiguity. With Democratic supermajorities locked in and every statewide lever of power in Democrat hands, the ability of the remaining Republican legislators to act as a meaningful check is minimal. Residents concerned about affordability, taxes, energy costs, and public safety now face the prospect of an even more unrestrained progressive agenda with almost no organized institutional opposition in Hartford.

Proto has held the chairmanship for five years. During that period the party has failed to reverse its long-term decline, failed to capitalize on national political environments, and failed to meet the explicit goal Proto himself set of electing a Republican governor. Levy’s post is a direct challenge to State Central Committee members and local leaders to decide whether continued loyalty to the current, failed leadership is compatible with any realistic hope of rebuilding a competitive Republican Party in Connecticut.

As Levy put it in closing: “Ben Proto: For once in your life do something honorable and RESIGN!”The alternative is a 2027 legislative session in which the Connecticut Republican Party exists largely as a historical footnote.

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