Eric D. Coleman | |
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Member of the Connecticut State Senate from the 7th district | |
In office 1995–2017 | |
Preceded by | Thirman L. Milner |
Succeeded by | Douglas McCrory |
Personal details | |
Born | Eric Dean Coleman [1] May 26,1951 [1] New Haven,Connecticut [1] |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Pamela Coleman |
Residence | Hartford,Connecticut [2] |
Eric Dean Coleman (born May 26,1951) is a Democratic politician in the United States. He served as state senator of Connecticut's 2nd District,representing Bloomfield,Hartford,and Windsor. He served as a state representative from 1983 to 1994,and held the position of Deputy President Pro Tempore in the Connecticut Senate.
Coleman is a graduate of Pomfret School,Columbia University,and the University of Connecticut School of Law.
In 2001,he became the first African-American to chair the Judiciary Committee,and now held the chairmanship of the Planning and Development Committee.
Coleman resigned from the Senate in 2017,and was subsequently nominated and then confirmed as a Superior Court judge in 2018. [3]
On November 30,2022,Coleman announced that he would run for Mayor of Hartford in 2023,following mayor Luke Bronin's decision to retire. [2] He lost in the Democratic primary to Arunan Arulampalam. [4]
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