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Anabel Figueroa
Anabel D. Figueroa is a Salvadoran American politician serving the 148th District in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2023 to 2025, and on the Stamford Board of Representatives since 2001.
Figueroa has served on Stamford's Board of Representatives since 2001, representing District 8.
In 2017, she joined a slate of Democratic candidates on the Board of Representatives call "Reform Stamford", promising to provide more checks on the city's Mayor.
During her time on the Board of Representatives, Figueroa has been subject to two ethics investigations: in 2019, she was subject to an inquiry regarding her vote on nominating the city's Police Chief, due to her husband and son both being affiliated with the Police Department; in 2021, she was subject to a second inquiry regarding her vote on the reappointment of one of the members of the city's Board of Ethics members who had previously been involved in the first investigation against her.
In January 2023, Daniel J. Fox, the Representative for the 148th District of the Connecticut House of Representatives, resigned. Figueroa subsequently launched a campaign for his former seat. In the Democratic primary for the seat, Figueroa ran against former Board of Representatives member Jonathan Jacobson. Figueroa won the Democratic Party's endorsement for the seat the prior month by a vote of 4-3, which she controversially won by casting the tie-breaking vote for herself. Her decision to not recuse herself from the vote drew criticism from her opponent, and the Chair of Stamford's Democratic City Committee.
In February 2023, Figueroa was elected to the 148th District of the Connecticut House of Representatives, defeating Republican Olga Anastos.
Figueroa ran for re-election for this seat in November 2024, during the general election. She faced Jonathan Jacobson in the Democratic party primary, held in August 2024. Following a Democratic City Committee election in March 2024, in which the slate Figueroa aligned herself lost, the Democratic Party endorsed her opponent, Jacobson. On the date of the primary, August 13th, the Democratic City Committee Executive Board called on her to resign for comments she made in late July, where she said "The Hispanic vote is going to determine on August 13th who will win to represent or who will continue to represent you. We cannot permit a person who is of Jewish origin, of Jewish origin, to represent our community.", in reference to Jacobson. On the afternoon of August 13th, Figueroa offered an apology that was deemed insufficient by many of Jacobson's supporters, and later apologized again. Unofficial results released that night showed Figueroa losing to Jacobson, 37.4% to 62.6%. Following the controversy, amid pressure from other members of the Board of Representatives, Figueroa announced she would resign from the Board of Representatives on August 16. However, ten days later, she rescinded her resignation letter.
Figueroa was elected in the special election for the 148th District on February 28, 2023, winning 61.0% of the vote, versus the 39.0% won by Republican candidate Olga Dimitria Anastos.
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Anabel Figueroa
Anabel D. Figueroa is a Salvadoran American politician serving the 148th District in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2023 to 2025, and on the Stamford Board of Representatives since 2001.
Figueroa has served on Stamford's Board of Representatives since 2001, representing District 8.
In 2017, she joined a slate of Democratic candidates on the Board of Representatives call "Reform Stamford", promising to provide more checks on the city's Mayor.
During her time on the Board of Representatives, Figueroa has been subject to two ethics investigations: in 2019, she was subject to an inquiry regarding her vote on nominating the city's Police Chief, due to her husband and son both being affiliated with the Police Department; in 2021, she was subject to a second inquiry regarding her vote on the reappointment of one of the members of the city's Board of Ethics members who had previously been involved in the first investigation against her.
In January 2023, Daniel J. Fox, the Representative for the 148th District of the Connecticut House of Representatives, resigned. Figueroa subsequently launched a campaign for his former seat. In the Democratic primary for the seat, Figueroa ran against former Board of Representatives member Jonathan Jacobson. Figueroa won the Democratic Party's endorsement for the seat the prior month by a vote of 4-3, which she controversially won by casting the tie-breaking vote for herself. Her decision to not recuse herself from the vote drew criticism from her opponent, and the Chair of Stamford's Democratic City Committee.
In February 2023, Figueroa was elected to the 148th District of the Connecticut House of Representatives, defeating Republican Olga Anastos.
Figueroa ran for re-election for this seat in November 2024, during the general election. She faced Jonathan Jacobson in the Democratic party primary, held in August 2024. Following a Democratic City Committee election in March 2024, in which the slate Figueroa aligned herself lost, the Democratic Party endorsed her opponent, Jacobson. On the date of the primary, August 13th, the Democratic City Committee Executive Board called on her to resign for comments she made in late July, where she said "The Hispanic vote is going to determine on August 13th who will win to represent or who will continue to represent you. We cannot permit a person who is of Jewish origin, of Jewish origin, to represent our community.", in reference to Jacobson. On the afternoon of August 13th, Figueroa offered an apology that was deemed insufficient by many of Jacobson's supporters, and later apologized again. Unofficial results released that night showed Figueroa losing to Jacobson, 37.4% to 62.6%. Following the controversy, amid pressure from other members of the Board of Representatives, Figueroa announced she would resign from the Board of Representatives on August 16. However, ten days later, she rescinded her resignation letter.
Figueroa was elected in the special election for the 148th District on February 28, 2023, winning 61.0% of the vote, versus the 39.0% won by Republican candidate Olga Dimitria Anastos.