Betsy McCaughey on maneuvers in Mansfield. Will address zoning forum Wednesday.

Greenwich resident Betsy McCaughey will be the featured speaker Wednesday evening at a forum on the most common undiagnosed cause of madness: local zoning. The former lieutenant governor of New York and 1998 Liberal Party candidate for governor is contemplating a bid for governor of Connecticut as a Republican.

McCaughey has long been known for her fluency in American healthcare policy. Attendees at the 29th Senate District forum will likely find that she can argue any brief. In 1998, it was protecting a woman’s access to abortion services.

If McCaughey does make a bid for governor that includes trying to snag 15% of the delegates on one ballot of the party’s May nominating convention, she will need a chunk of votes from the nine towns of the 29th Senate District–where party activists may be receptive to a choice of someone other than Ryan Fazio and Erin Stewart.

December 16, 2025