Families are working harder and paying more, yet too often it feels like Hartford can’t clearly explain where the money is going or whether long-term obligations are being managed responsibly. We need an independent check and balance. Jen Tooker is running for State Comptroller to restore accountability, transparency, and discipline to Connecticut’s finances.

Jen moved to Connecticut for the quality of life: a beautiful place to live, a reasonable cost of living, and plentiful career opportunities. But for too many families, that’s no longer the reality. Housing, food, energy, and everyday expenses have climbed, and businesses face an economic landscape that makes it harder to grow. Jen believes affordability starts with honest fiscal leadership: running government with the same discipline households and employers use every day.

The Comptroller is Connecticut’s chief accountability officer and CFO, responsible for telling the truth about the state’s finances, protecting taxpayers, safeguarding retirement systems, and ensuring the numbers are accurate and transparent. This work isn’t theoretical. It affects taxes, benefits, credit ratings, and what Connecticut can afford tomorrow.

Jen brings the exact experience this job demands. As First Selectwoman of Westport, she balanced budgets, made hard decisions, and delivered results while protecting taxpayers. She also tackled a challenge many municipalities avoid: ensuring Westport's retiree medical benefits (OPEB) were fully funded using transparent reporting and oversight, along with a tax-payer first discipline. The result has been a strengthening of the town’s long-term financial health, including protecting both taxpayers and retirees.

Jen’s local leadership runs deep. She served a term as First Selectwoman, a term as Second Selectwoman, and has held roles on Westport’s Board of Finance, Conservation Commission, and Board of Education. She understands that good government depends on collaboration, transparency, and the willingness to face the numbers, not hide from them.

Jen is also a business executive with nearly 25 years of management experience in the international reinsurance industry, bringing private-sector rigor to public finance. She understands risk, long-term liabilities, and what it takes to protect commitments responsibly.



Jen and her husband of 30 years, Mo, have raised their three children in Connecticut — Jack, Riley, and Nicole — and they want this state to remain a place where families can afford to stay, work, and build a future. Jen is running for Comptroller to bring a steady hand, honest reporting, and real accountability back to Connecticut — so government works for the people who pay for it.