John Barry Larson is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional district since 1999. The district is based in the state capital,Hartford. A member of the Democratic Party,Larson chaired the House Democratic Caucus during the 111th and 112th United States Congress.
The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts,with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.
John Moran Bailey was an American politician who played a major role in promoting the New Deal coalition of the Democratic Party and its liberal policy positions.
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" DeNardis was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman for the state of Connecticut. He was also president of the University of New Haven.
Robert W. Heagney is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing Simsbury,Connecticut,the 16th House Assembly District,for the Republican Party. He is also a lawyer.
John W. Fonfara is an American politician serving as a member of the Connecticut State Senate for the 1st district.
Gary LeBeau was a member of the Connecticut State Senate from the third district,serving the towns of East Hartford,South Windsor,East Windsor,and Ellington. LeBeau was first elected to the State Senate in 1996. He retired after 18 years in office.
Matthew L. Lesser is an American politician who represents the 9th district in the Connecticut State Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected to the State House in 2008,and re-elected in 2010,2012,2014,and 2016. He won election to the state Senate from the 9th district in 2018,and was reelected in 2020 and 2022. Lesser unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Connecticut Secretary of the State in 2022.
William A. Petit Jr. is an American former physician and politician. A Republican,he represented District 22 in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. A former physician,he was the sole survivor of the 2007 Cheshire home invasion,in which his wife and two daughters were murdered.
Daniel E. Carter is an American politician from Connecticut. A Republican,he was elected to his first term in the Connecticut House of Representatives in November 2010,representing the state's second district in Bethel,Danbury and Redding. Following redistricting,in 2012 Newtown was added to the second district when Carter won a second term. He was the Republican Party nominee in the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Connecticut,losing to incumbent Democrat Richard Blumenthal. He currently serves as the first selectman of the town of Bethel.
Robert Bruce Duff is an American politician,currently serving as a member of the Connecticut State Senate,where he represents Norwalk and part of Darien in Connecticut's 25th District. He previously served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing the 137th District. He is currently Majority Leader of the Connecticut Senate,and serves as chair of the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee and vice chair of the Legislative Management Committee.
Joe Aresimowicz is a former American Democratic politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and former Speaker of the House. From 2013 to 2017,he served as Majority Leader.
Douglas McCrory is a Democratic member of the Connecticut State Senate. He has served the 2nd district,which includes northern Hartford,Bloomfield,and Windsor since 2017. Before his election to the Senate,McCrory served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2005 to 2017 and as a Democratic Town Committee Member in the 7th District beginning in 2002.
Craig Charles Fishbein is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing the 90th State House District. He was born on July 16,1965. A resident of Wallingford,Connecticut,he was first elected to the Connecticut General Assembly as a state representative in 2016,in a special election and a regular election,both held on the same date. He represents parts of Wallingford and Cheshire.
Jeff Currey is an American politician from East Hartford,Connecticut. A Democrat,he has been a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since 2015,representing the state's 11th district in East Hartford,Manchester and South Windsor. Following redistricting and the election of 2022,the 11th district represents East Hartford and Manchester.
Minnie Gonzalez is an American politician who has been a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since 1997,serving the 3rd district in Hartford. She is the Deputy Majority Leader since 2017.
Matthew Delis Ritter is an American attorney and politician. He currently serves as the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives for the Democratic Party and the 1st District.
Jason Edward Doucette is an American politician who is the member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 13th district in Hartford County. He is a Democrat.
The 2018 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 6,2018,concurrently with the elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives,to elect members to the Connecticut General Assembly. All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate were up for election. The election resulted in Democrats expanding control in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly,ending the split control in the Senate,that had been in place since the 2016 elections. Primary elections were held on August 14,2018.
John-Michael Parker is an American politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 101st district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 6,2021.
