Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the largest city in the Capitol Planning Region,and core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the 2010 United States census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut with a 2020 population of 121,054,behind the coastal cities of Bridgeport,New Haven,and Stamford.
Joseph Isadore Lieberman is an American politician,lobbyist,and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party,he was its nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2000 U.S. presidential election. During his final term in office,he was officially listed as an independent Democrat and caucused with and chaired committees for the Democratic Party.
Eduardo Alberto "Eddie" Perez is an American politician who served as the 65th mayor of Hartford,Connecticut,from 2001 to 2010. Prior to entering politics,Perez worked as a community organizer. Perez served as the first mayor who was also the CEO of the city,a setup known as a Strong Mayor.
The Working Families Party (WFP) is a center-left to left-wing minor political party in the United States,founded in New York in 1998. There are active chapters in California,Colorado,Connecticut,Delaware,the District of Columbia,Georgia,Illinois,Maryland,Nevada,New Jersey,New Mexico,New York,Ohio,Oregon,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,Texas,West Virginia,and Wisconsin.
William Atchison O'Neill was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 84th Governor of Connecticut from 1980 to 1991. He was the second longest-serving governor in Connecticut history,with 10 years in office.
John C. Daniels was an American politician who served as the mayor of New Haven,Connecticut from 1990 until 1994.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman won his fourth and final term in the Senate,under the Connecticut for Lieberman party banner.
Jonathan A. Harris is an American politician. Harris,a Democrat,is the former Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. He served as a state senator from Connecticut's Fifth District from 2005 to 2011.
George G. Sumner was an American politician who was the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1883 to 1885.
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut and the fifth-most populous city in New England,with a population of 148,654 in 2020. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound,it is a port city 60 miles (97 km) from Manhattan and 40 miles (64 km) from The Bronx. It is bordered by the towns of Trumbull to the north,Fairfield to the west,and Stratford to the east. Bridgeport and other towns in Fairfield County make up the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region,as well as the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury metropolitan statistical area,the second largest metropolitan area in Connecticut. The Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury metropolis forms part of the New York metropolitan area.
Pedro E. Segarra is a Puerto Rican-American politician and lawyer who served as the 66th mayor of Hartford,Connecticut. Prior to becoming mayor,Segarra was president of Hartford's City Council. He succeeded former Mayor Eddie Perez who resigned after he was convicted by a state Superior Court jury of bribery and extortion in a political corruption case,though Perez' convictions eventually were reversed by the Connecticut Appellate Court. Segarra was sworn in as mayor on June 25,2010,and won re-election on November 8,2011. In 2015,Luke Bronin defeated Segarra for the Democratic mayoral nomination. He is Hartford's second mayor of Puerto Rican ancestry and the first openly gay mayor of the city. He is also the second openly gay mayor of an American state capital city.
Albert Joseph Daly was an American Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1903 season while he was in medical school. He worked as a physician which became his entry point into politics and ended up serving five terms as mayor of his hometown of Bayonne,New Jersey to which he was elected both as a Republican and as a Democrat.
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 following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hartford,Connecticut,USA.
Luke Aaron Bronin is an American politician and lawyer who is the 67th and current Mayor of Hartford,Connecticut,since January 1,2016.
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.
Tina L. Podlodowski is an American businesswoman and politician who served as the Chair of the Washington State Democratic Party for three terms. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as a member of the Seattle City Council and unsuccessfully ran for Secretary of State of Washington in 2016.
Jason Rojas is an American politician who is a five term Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,serving since 2008. He represents parts of East Hartford and Manchester,composing Connecticut's 9th assembly district. He currently chairs the Finance,Revenue,and Bonding Committee.
Elections are currently held every four years to elect the mayor of Hartford,Connecticut.
Nathan George Agostinelli is an American retired politician,army officer,and civic leader who served as mayor of Manchester,Connecticut (1966–1971) and as Connecticut State Comptroller (1971–1975). He ran for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut on the ticket of Republican gubernatorial nominee Robert H. Steele but lost the 1974 Connecticut gubernatorial election to the Democratic ticket of Ella Grasso and her running mate,Robert K. Killian.
