Susan Bysiewicz is an American politician and attorney who is the 109th lieutenant governor of Connecticut,serving since January 9,2019. She previously served as the 72nd secretary of the state of Connecticut from 1999 to 2011. She was briefly a candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2010,before dropping out to run for Connecticut Attorney General. She was disqualified from running for the office by the Connecticut Supreme Court and announced in 2011 that she was running for the United States Senate in the 2012 election to replace the retiring Joe Lieberman. She lost the Democratic primary to U.S. Representative Chris Murphy,who went on to win the general election.
Dannel Patrick Malloy is an American politician,who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he chaired the Democratic Governors Association from 2016 to 2017. On July 1,2019,he began his tenure as the Chancellor of the University of Maine System.
Martin M. Looney is an American politician. Looney,a Democrat,has been a state senator from Connecticut since 1993. From 2003 to 2014,Looney served as Majority Leader of the Senate;in 2015 he became President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Thomas P. Gaffey is an American politician. Gaffey,a Democrat,had been a state senator from Connecticut since 1995,but left office due to criminal violations on January 5,2011.
Joette Katz is an American attorney who is a partner at the law firm,Shipman &Goodwin LLP. She was an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,where she also served as the administrative judge for the state appellate system,and later was the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. In various roles during her career she has had an impact on issues of state and national importance,such as:criminal law,capital punishment,civil rights and the right to education,eminent domain,same-sex marriage,LGBTQ rights,sexual assault,sex trafficking,and helping children in state care move from institutions to families.
Gayle Slossberg is an American politician. A Democrat,Slossberg is a former seven term Connecticut State Senator having served between 2005 and 2019.
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a state agency of Connecticut providing family services. Its headquarters is in Hartford.
The establishment of lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in the U.S. state of Connecticut is a recent phenomenon,with most advances in LGBT rights taking place in the late 20th century and early 21st century. Connecticut was the second U.S. state to enact two major pieces of pro-LGBT legislation;the repeal of the sodomy law in 1971 and the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2008. State law bans unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment,housing and public accommodations,and both conversion therapy and the gay panic defense are outlawed in the state.
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.
Joe Aresimowicz is a former American Democratic politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and former Speaker of the House. From 2013 to 2017,he served as Majority Leader.
Kevin Witkos is a Republican member of the Connecticut State Senate,representing the 8th District since 2009. He served as Deputy Senate Republican President Pro Tempore since January 2017 to January 2019. and previously served as Minority Leader Pro Tempore from 2014 to 2016 and Caucus Chairman for Outreach since 2013. Witkos served as the State Representative from the 17th district which includes Canton and part of Avon from 2003 to 2008.
Themis Klarides is an American attorney and politician from the state of Connecticut. She served in the Connecticut House of Representatives,serving as House Minority Leader from 2015 through 2021. In that position,she was the highest ranking woman in the legislature. She was also the first woman to lead Republican members in the House of Representatives.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Connecticut,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Kevin C. Kelly is an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. A Republican,he has been a member of the Connecticut State Senate since 2011,elected from the 21st District. He was the Senate Republican Minority Leader from 2021-2024.
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.
Minnie Gonzalez is an American politician who has been a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since 1997,serving the 3rd district in Hartford. She is the Deputy Majority Leader since 2017.
The Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS) was a juvenile prison in Middletown,Connecticut,that operated under the Connecticut Department of Children and Families from 2001 to 2018. Established in proximity to the Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH),CJTS held male inmates age 12–17 with capacity for 240 inmates. In 2021,Connecticut governor Ned Lamont announced that he was considering reopening the prison to hold immigrant children.
Sean Scanlon is an American politician who is the current Comptroller of Connecticut. Scanlon previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 98th district.
The 2018 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 6,2018,concurrently with the elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives,to elect members to the Connecticut General Assembly. All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate were up for election. The election resulted in Democrats expanding control in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly,ending the split control in the Senate,that had been in place since the 2016 elections. Primary elections were held on August 14,2018.
Paul Cicarella is an American politician who is currently serving as a Connecticut State senator representing the 34th District,which encompasses New Haven and some surrounding towns. Cicarella is a member of the Republican Party.
