Joe Visconti is an Emmy Award winning producer, former Republican West Hartford Town Councilor, former CTGOP endorsed candidate for US Congress, district 1 (2008), petitioning candidate on the ballot for Connecticut Governor (2014), Republican Candidate for US Senate (2018) who was endorsed by Corey Lewandowski, President Trumps former campaign manager whom Joe worked closely with during the 2016 Presidential election.

Mr. Visconti is also an advocate for the disabled, producing Television programming in 1997 (Disabilities & Possibilities Television News Magazine), the program went national on PBS in 2000 with Actor Michael York as the host.

As a gun rights and former CT Tea Party Activist (2009), no one was louder than Joe performing his street theatre riding a horse in front of the CT Governor’s Mansion while publicly and legally armed.

A lifelong Republican, Joe refers to himself as Mr. Republican but contrary to Ronald Reagans 11^th amendment, Joe will call out his own when necessary, which has branded him a “Political Maverick”.

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