Nominated by consensus was Megan E. Cassano for State Senate District 36, which covers Greenwich, North Stamford and part of New Canaan, and Cora Santaguida for State Senate District 27 which covers parts of Stamford and Darien.

Cassano, a lifelong Greenwich resident, who has been a registered Green since 2007, ran for Stamford Board of Education in 2009 and 2010. She earned a Master's Degree in Social Work from Fordham University in 2003 and has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2006. She has worked for several nonprofit and municipal agencies and programs in several areas such as crisis work, HIV/AIDS, and needle exchange. Megan was also an Adjunct Professor at both Concordia College and University of Bridgeport.