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Dan Drew Apologizes for Requesting Contributions from City Employees

Middletown Mayor Dan Drew apologized to city workers after hitting them up for campaign contributions.

In a note to staff and posted on Facebook today, the Democrat - who is vying to be governor - calls this all a “mistake.”

Last weekend city staff received a letter from his campaign requesting a political donation.

Drew explained that he had asked HR for the employees’ addresses.

“While I don’t think the campaign broke the law at all and we always operate within the bounds of the law, I think it was an error in judgment,” Drew told NBC Connecticut.

Drew says the worker information was later destroyed.

The mayor says he will return all contributions he received connected to the letter.

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