Susan Bysiewicz is an American politician and attorney who is the 109th lieutenant governor of Connecticut,serving since January 9,2019. She previously served as the 72nd secretary of the state of Connecticut from 1999 to 2011. She was briefly a candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2010,before dropping out to run for Connecticut Attorney General. She was disqualified from running for the office by the Connecticut Supreme Court and announced in 2011 that she was running for the United States Senate in the 2012 election to replace the retiring Joe Lieberman. She lost the Democratic primary to U.S. Representative Chris Murphy,who went on to win the general election.
Randy Douglas Edsall is a former American football coach,who was the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1999 to 2010 and again from 2017 until his abrupt retirement in 2021. He also served as the head coach at the University of Maryland from 2011 to 2015 and as director of football research-special projects for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) in 2016. During his first stint at UConn,he oversaw the program's promotion from the NCAA Division I-AA level to Division I-A. He is the program's all-time leader in wins and games coached.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 6,2012,in conjunction with the 2012 U.S. presidential election,other elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. Primaries to elect Senate candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties were held on Tuesday,August 14,2012.
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.
The 2011 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Paul Pasqualoni and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford,Connecticut. It was Pasqualoni's first year with the team.
The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the five congressional representatives from the state,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election,a U.S. Senate election,and state legislature races.
The 2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut,concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. This race's Democratic margin of victory was the closest to the national average of 3.1 points.
Robert Charles Sampson is an American politician from Connecticut. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected in 2010 to the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 80th House district,serving four terms (2011–2018). Since 2019,he has been a member of the Connecticut State Senate,elected from the 16th Senate District.
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.
Thomas Drummond Ritter is an American lawyer,lobbyist,and retired politician from Connecticut who was the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1993-1998.
Richard J. Balducci is a retired lobbyist and politician from Newington,Connecticut who was the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1989 to 1992. He also served one term in the Connecticut State Senate.
Shari Cantor is a Certified Public Accountant and politician from West Hartford,Connecticut. She is the Mayor of West Hartford.
Edwin Vargas Jr. is an American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 6th district in 2013. Before his election to the state house,Vargas made numerous runs for local office in Connecticut,stretching back to 1977,which mainly focused around the theme that Hispanic communities were not represented sufficiently in politics.
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.
The 2021 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies competed as an independent,having left the American Athletic Conference following the 2019 season. They played their home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford,Connecticut.
Joseph M. Suggs Jr. is an American politician who served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1993 to 1995.
Miles S. Rapoport is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1995 to 1999. A progressive Democrat,he went on to serve as president of Demos and Common Cause.
Natalie A. Braswell is an American lawyer and public servant who served as Connecticut State Comptroller,one of the state's six constitutional officers and its chief fiscal guardian. Braswell was Connecticut's first African-American comptroller. She was appointed to fill the year-long unexpired term of Kevin Lembo.
