Stafford is a town in Tolland County,Connecticut,United States,settled in 1719. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 11,472 at the 2020 United States Census. The community consists of the downtown area of Stafford Springs and the more rural villages of Crystal Lake,Ellithorpe,Hydeville,Orcuttsville,Staffordville,Stafford Hollow,Village Hill,and West Stafford.
Calvin Willey was an American politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate from 1825 to 1831.
The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts,with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.
The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members,each representing a district with around 99,280 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits. The Connecticut State Senate is one of 14 state legislative upper houses whose members serve two-year terms;four-year terms are more common.
Robert W. Heagney is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing Simsbury,Connecticut,the 16th House Assembly District,for the Republican Party. He is also a lawyer.
Jeffrion L. Aubry is an American politician who represents District 35 in the New York State Assembly,which comprises East Elmhurst,LeFrak City,and parts of Corona,Woodside,Elmhurst and Rego Park,Queens.
Penny Bacchiochi is an American Republican politician,who served as a state representative in Connecticut. She was first elected to the House in 2002 and was re-elected in 2004 and 2006. She unsuccessfully sought the office of Lieutenant Governor in the 2014 election.
Jon Lundberg is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate for the 4th district. He was first elected to the 105th Tennessee General Assembly (2007–2008). He serves as deputy speaker of the Senate and first vice chairman of the Education Committee,a member of the Finance and Judiciary Committee. In the House,he was chairman of the Civil Justice Committee,the Commerce Subcommittee,a member of the Civil Justice Subcommittee,a member of the Insurance and Banking Committee,and a member of the Calendar and Rules Committee. He also served in leadership as the Republican floor leader.
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.
Robert Bruce Duff is an American politician,currently serving as a member of the Connecticut State Senate,where he represents Norwalk and part of Darien in Connecticut's 25th District. He previously served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing the 137th District. He is currently Majority Leader of the Connecticut Senate,and serves as chair of the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee and vice chair of the Legislative Management Committee.
Joseph E. Mann is a former two-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut's 140th assembly district. He served in the Connecticut House from 2003 to 2007. He also served nine years on the Norwalk Common Council,including as its president. He currently serves on the board of Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now.
Robert Genuario is a Connecticut Superior Court judge appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell in 2005. He had served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management since January 2005. He was a seven-term Republican member of the Connecticut Senate,representing Norwalk and part of Darien,Connecticut in Connecticut's 25th District from 1991 to 2001.
Geoffrey R. Luxenberg is an elected official in the Connecticut General Assembly. He served in office from 2011 to 2015,and was re-elected in 2018 where he currently represents the 12th Assembly District of Manchester,Connecticut.
Tony Guglielmo is a Republican former member of the Connecticut Senate,representing the 35th District from 1993 to 2019. He announced his retirement on February 16,2018. The 35th district represents northeastern Connecticut,including the towns of Ashford,Chaplin,Coventry,Eastford,Ellington (part),Hampton,Pomfret,Stafford,Tolland,Union,Vernon,Willington,and Woodstock. He previously served on the Small Business Administration Advisory Council and the Council on Aging.
The fifty-second Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Its current representative is Republican Kurt Vail. The district consists the towns of Stafford and Somers,which was fully added to the district in 2011.
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.
Dorinda Keenan Borer is an American businesswoman and mayor of West Haven,Connecticut since 2023. Borer is a former member of the West Haven Board of Education and served as a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing District 115.
Patrick S. Boyd is an educator and American politician who is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,serving since 2017. He represents the Towns of Ashford,Brooklyn,Eastford,Hampton,Mansfield,Pomfret,and Woodstock composing the Connecticut's 50th House of Representatives district of the Connecticut General Assembly. Boyd is currently the House Chairman of the Public Safety &Security Committee.
The Connecticut General Assembly Conservative Caucus is a group of Connecticut legislators espousing a conservative political agenda.
Rick Hayes is an American politician currently serving as a Connecticut State Representative from the 51st District,which encompasses the towns of Putnam,Thompson,and parts of Killingly. A member of the Republican Party,Hayes first ran for the seat in 2018 in an election where he would win over Democratic candidate Larry Groh Jr. Hayes was re-elected in 2020,once again defeating Groh. Hayes currently serves as a member of the House General Law Committee,the Environment Committee,and the Public Safety and Security Committee. He is also a member of the Putnam Board of Selectman,serving in that position since 2017.
