Sean Scanlon

@jmart Just putting this out there: I'm not tanned, but I'm rested and ready for the New Haven pizza tour episode.

youtube.com/playlist?list=… FOLKS… The texts, emails and calls come regularly. At least once a week. Sometimes more. “Jmart, I’m going to [fill-in-the-blank city], where should I eat?” friends, colleagues and sometimes folks I barely know at all will ask. Often, the question in reference is about New Orleans, America’s greatest city and the town my wife, Betsy, and I call home. But just as frequently, it’s about somewhere else, where there’s a conference or wedding or news event. I’ve yet to meet the person who doesn’t want to find a good meal on the road. Which is why this week I’m starting “On the Road with Jonathan Martin.” After over 20 years of covering politics and visiting all 50 states along the way, I’ve eaten a lot of meals with politicians and those around them. Now I want to take you with me, have you watch and listen as I sit down and (quite literally) break bread at local joints with Democrats and Republicans alike. My vision: Anthony Bourdain meets “Lunch with the FT” meets the Almanac of American Politics. We’ll talk food, politics and place, delving into yesterday and tomorrow. It’s the great question at the heart of every political story, and it couldn’t be more relevant in America’s 250th year: How did we get here, and where are we going? We begin at Wright’s BBQ in Little Rock, Arkansas, where I had the ribs (great rub), brisket and mac and cheese last week with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. More on that below. I’m headed to California next, where I’ll dip into some Dungeness crab with California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Thank you ⁦@SeanScanlonCT⁩ for your testimony supporting HB 5046 and for supporting police officers and firefighters! #publicsafety

USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Connecticut, I'm running for reelection. I'm proud of what I've gotten done as your Comptroller, and I want to keep working to solve tough problems and make our state a better, more affordable place to live. If you're with me, let's do this: seanforct.com

Honestly, if we can’t objectively agree that under-trained masked agents shouldn’t be policing American streets and sowing needless tension with zero accountability to local laws & law enforcement, then we are entering really dangerous territory as a country.

Been waiting for this one. Awesome to see this program getting the national love they deserve. Thank you, @MikeGrinnell_!

You can't say you care about affordability and then let the health care premiums of millions of working class Americans double. But yeah, that's what happened today.

@johncraven1 @laurenmarie917 Congrats!

Welcome to the world, baby Ainslie Craven 🐣 Your mom @laurenmarie917 and I love you so much ❤️ I’ll be away for the next 2 months with this little nugget Happy holidays and happy 2026, y’all 🎉

Someone just texted me "the Meadows is back." But honestly, if you're from CT and of a certain age, the Meadows never left. Love the official throwback, though.

Not surprising when: 1. Health care is too expensive 2. People can’t find or get into primary care doctors easily because of the shortage 3. Mental health is still very stigmatized and there aren’t enough clinicians even if it wasn’t DC won’t fix. CT can and must.

A. The premiums of 138,000 CT residents double on Jan 1 without this B. Most can't afford that and will go back to being uninsured C. They will still get sick and seek care D. Those costs get passed on to you E. Health care gets more expensive for all of us than it already is

Stopped by to see @ChazandAJ and Scott Haney from @WFSBnews who are in a box for the next 24 hours to raise money for the Chaz and AJ Toy Drive. Great guys, great cause. Support them if you can: wplr.com/2025/10/27/bat…

Um, no. @GovNedLamont did the right thing to ensure 360,000 people and *children* in our state do not starve. The idea that we should stop doing the right (and moral) thing “or else” because of DC political games and their inability to compromise is insane and ludicrous.

Update: today, they need your help. Vote!

I get it, politics feels broken. But what gives me hope are the @CTDems candidates from all walks of life who stepped up, put their name on the ballot and are running to make their city and town better. To make CT better. Tomorrow, they need your help. Vote!

Starting tomorrow, 138,000 CT residents will get a letter telling them their health insurance premium is going up - in some cases by 75% - on Jan 1. That’s not just really bad for them - it’s bad for all of us. The President and Congress can stop this, and they need to ASAP.

Truly legendary performance from Cam. Let’s go!

@POACT1 Honored to be with you all as always!

⁦@SeanScanlonCT⁩ is a staple at the POACT Summit. Thank you for attending and for your accessibility for questions and concerns!

What he said.

“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another” - Senator Robert F. Kennedy