Len Suzio | |
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Member of the Connecticut State Senate from the 13th district | |
In office January 4, 2017 –January 9, 2019 | |
Preceded by | DantéBartolomeo |
Succeeded by | Mary Abrams |
In office February 25,2011 –January 4,2013 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Gaffey |
Succeeded by | DantéBartolomeo |
Personal details | |
Born | Meriden,Connecticut,U.S. | January 4,1948
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Kathryn |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
Leonard F. Suzio Jr. (born January 4,1948) is an American politician from Connecticut. A Republican,he represented the 13th district in the Connecticut State Senate from 2017 to 2019,previously serving from 2011 to 2013.
Suzio attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. [1] Shortly after graduation,he married Kathryn. Suzio was active in the Connecticut Victim Advocate Advisory Committee,founded the consultancy firm GeoDataVision,and served on the Meriden Board of Education from 1995 to 2009. [2]
Suzio contested his first state legislative election in 2010,losing to incumbent state senator Thomas Gaffey. [3] After Gaffey resigned after being charged with larceny,Suzio contested the subsequent special election for his seat. [4] He defeated Democrat Thomas Bruenn in the special election,and took office on February 28,2011. [5] [6] His election made him the first Republican to be elected from the 13th district since 1972. [7]
Suzio unsuccessfully ran for a full term in the 2012 election,losing to Democrat DantéBartolomeo. [8] He challenged Bartolomeo for a rematch in the 2014 election,but lost. [9] [10]
Suzio launched another campaign for the seat in 2016. [11] [12] In what was described as an upset victory by the New Haven Register ,Suzio defeated Bartolomeo to reclaim his seat. [13]
In May 2018,Suzio announced that he would run for a second consecutive term. [14] He lost his 2018 re-election bid to Democrat Mary Daugherty Abrams. [15]
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