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Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County,Connecticut. The city,part of the New York Metropolitan Area,is the sixth-most populous city in Connecticut as of the 2020 Census,with a population of 91,184.
Christopher Hunter Shays is an American politician. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives as representative of the 4th District of Connecticut from 1987 to 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd governor of Connecticut from January 8,1975,to December 31,1980,after rejecting past offers of candidacies for Senate and governor. She was the first woman elected governor in Connecticut and the fourth woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. She is also the first female governor to not be the spouse or widow of a former governor. She resigned as governor due to her battle with ovarian cancer.
Alex A. Knopp is an American professor and former politician who served three terms as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 139th District,which encompassed Norwalk,from 1987 to 1993. He served another four terms from the 137th District between 1993 and 2001 for the Democratic Party.
Travis Simms is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,where he represents the 140th Assembly District. The district consists of the central part of the city of Norwalk. He previously served on Norwalk's Common Council. Prior to his political career he was a professional boxer in the super welterweight (154 lb) division.
Connecticut is divided among five congressional districts from which citizens elect the state's representatives to the United States House of Representatives. After the re-apportionment following the 2000 census,Connecticut lost one representative,reducing the state's delegation from six to five. The redistricting process was shared between the Republican governor at the time,John G. Rowland,and the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. Before the census,the state's House delegation was split evenly between Republicans and Democrats,and the solution finally agreed upon by the redistricting committee would ensure an even match-up between incumbents,the 6th district's Nancy L. Johnson,a Republican,and the 5th district's James H. Maloney,a Democrat. In the 2002 elections,Johnson defeated Maloney by a surprisingly large margin in the new 5th district.
Donald Jay Irwin was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district,Connecticut State Treasurer and mayor of Norwalk,Connecticut.
Gail Lavielle is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,where she represented the 143rd district. The district included parts of Wilton,Norwalk,and,following redistricting in 2012,Westport. Representative Lavielle,an Assistant House Minority Leader,was the House Ranking Member of the Connecticut General Assembly's Appropriations Committee,and served on the Transportation and Education Committees. During her 10 years in the legislature,she also served on the Finance,Revenue,and Bonding Committee and Higher Education Committee and as House Ranking Member of both the Education Committee and the Commerce Committee.
William A. Collins was a Democratic former two-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 140th assembly district and four-term mayor of Norwalk,Connecticut,from 1977 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1987. He founded Minuteman Media,which later became OtherWords,in 1998.
Christopher R. Perone is a five-term Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing the 137th District since 2005. He previously served as a member of the Norwalk Common Council from 2001 to 2003. He is a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in advertising.
Bruce V. Morris was a six-term Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Norwalk,Connecticut in the 140th assembly district from 2007 to 2019. He was deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and on the following committees:finance revenue and bonding;judiciary;human services;legislative management. He was named assistant majority whip during his second term and served in that capacity until his promotion to deputy majority whip in 2012. Morris served as Chairman of the Connecticut General Assembly Black and Puerto Rican Caucus during the 2015-2016 session. He served the previous three sessions as vice-chairman. Morris serves as an assistant pastor at Macedonia Church in Norwalk. He served as Director of Human Relations for the Norwalk school system beginning November 5,1998 until September 2016. He then became District School Climate Coordinator until June 30,2017. He was also an elected executive board member of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
Joseph D. Clemmons,Sr. is a former three term Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut's 140th assembly district from 1997 to 2003. He also served on the Norwalk Common Council beginning in 1995.
Donnie R. Sellers Sr. is a former Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut's 140th assembly district. He resigned his seat in February 1997. He was concurrently serving on the Norwalk Common Council and was an active policeman as well.
Douglas C. Mintz is a judge on the Stamford/Norwalk District Superior Court in Connecticut. He is a former Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut's 140th House district. He resigned his seat to become a judge,causing a vacancy and a special election was held to fill it in February 1993. Mintz is now a partner at leading Connecticut law firm,Carmody Torrance Sandak &Hennessey LLP.
Janet Marsico Mills was an American politician who served as the Connecticut state representative for the 140th district from 1985 to 1986. A member of the Republican Party,she was a resident of Norwalk.
John Atkin is a former two term Democratic member of the Connecticut Senate from Norwalk,Connecticut's 25th Senate district and a former three term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut's 140th House district.
Wallace Dann was a two-term Democratic mayor of Norwalk,Connecticut from 1905 to 1907. He was also a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1903 to 1905.
Alpha Sunde Smaby was an American politician and teacher.
Stephanie Thomas is an American politician and former nonprofit executive who has served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut since January 2023. A Democrat,she previously represented the 143rd district in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.
Dominique Johnson is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives serving in the 143rd district since 2022.