Connecticut Democratic Party received $116,000 from Sacklers

HARTFORD — Since 2002, the Connecticut Democratic Party has received a total of about $116,000 from the Sackler family, owners of Stamford-based Purdue Pharma, the opioid-producing company now being sued by Connecticut and many other states.

“If we knew then what we know now, of course, we never would have taken the money,” said Nancy Wyman, who was elected chair of the state party last week, after serving as lieutenant governor for eight years.

Eight of the Sacklers were closely involved in false marketing of opioids, contributing to the nation’s deadly opioid crisis, a lawsuit by Connecticut’s attorney general alleges. The lawsuit states “They had the authority to stop the deadly misconduct, and they failed to stop it.”

Purdue Pharma denies the allegations.

After reviewing the Sackler contributions and calculating the $116,000 total, the Democratic party, also known as the Democratic State Central Committee, will donate $5,000 to a substance abuse treatment nonprofit in the state, Wyman said Monday. They have not yet selected which one.

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