Tom Scott (politician)

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Thomas Scott
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Scott in 2010
Member of the Connecticut State Senate
from the 14th district
In office
January 7, 1981 –January 9, 1991

Thomas Scott (born April 21, 1958) [1] is an American politician, radio talk show host, and realtor.

Life and career

Born in 1958, Scott attended Southern Connecticut State University but did not graduate. [2]

He was first elected to the Connecticut Senate in 1980, becoming at 22 the youngest state senator ever seated. [3] He served in the Senate from 1981 to 1991 as a Republican from Milford. [2] [4]

Scott was known for his vehement opposition to the income tax [5] and led a protest of 40,000 people against it in 1991. [3] [6] [7]

He sought a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 3rd congressional district in 1990, losing to Democrat Rosa DeLauro. [3] [8] He then founded the Connecticut Taxpayers Committee. [3] [9] Scott faced DeLauro in a re-match in 1992 and lost again. [10] [11]

After leaving the state legislature, he worked as a real estate broker and, starting in 1993, a radio talk show host for WPOP. [12] He contested the 1994 Connecticut gubernatorial election as an independent and lost. [13] [14] In January 1995, Scott returned to radio, hosting a show on WTIC; [15] he subsequently moved to WELI. [16] He hosted the radio show Off Center with Roger Vann, until Vann left the station in 1999. [17] [18]

In July 2008, Scott rejoined WELI. That October, he interviewed United States Senator Chris Dodd. WELI chose not to air the interview due to disagreements between co-host and producer Ryan Gorman and Scott, which led to Scott leaving the station. [19] WERC in Birmingham, Alabama, another Clear Channel Communications affiliate station, later posted the interview to its website. [20]

In 2011, Scott aided the successful state Senate campaign of Len Suzio. [21] He joined Linda McMahon's second U.S. Senate campaign in February 2012. [22]

As of 2024, Scott is a realtor in Milford, Connecticut. [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Tom Scott".
  2. 1 2 "Tom Scott". Hartford Courant. October 3, 1994. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pazniokas, Mark (September 22, 1991). "Riding A Taxpayer Rebellion". Hartford Courant. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ Madden, Richard L. (April 1, 1984). "Connecticut Senate pass tax bill and O'Neil signs it". New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Keating, Christopher (November 20, 2014). "Capitol Caldron: Hot Summer of '91 Gave Birth to Income Tax". Hartford Courant. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Kirk (October 6, 1991). "Lawmakers Tell 40,000 at Rally Connecticut Income Tax Will Die". New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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  20. ↑ Bass, Paul (November 13, 2008). "Clear Channel Runs Dodd Interview—In Alabama". New Haven Independent. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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  22. ↑ Dixon, Ken (October 6, 2012). "McMahon, Murphy's inner circles a sharp contrast". Connecticut Post. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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