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2017 New Legislator Guide Connecticut General Assembly • DRAFT • November 9, 2016

2017 NEW LEGISLATOR GUIDECONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY

DRAFT • November 9, 2016


Seat Previously Held By: Dan Carter (R)Towns Served: Bethel, Danbury, Newtown, ReddingPhone: 203.231.8965E-mail: [email protected]: 33 Long Meadow Lane Bethel, CT 06801Biographical Information

• Chairman, Bethel Republican Town Committee • Member, Bethel Board of Education• Former member, Board of Selectmen, Board of Assessment Appeals• Member, Bethel Republican/Party Fundraiser

Seat Previously Held By: William Aman (R)Towns Served: South WindsorPhone: 860.644.0026E-mail: [email protected]: 130 Felt Road South Windsor, CT 06074Biographical Information

• Mayor, South Windsor, 2015-present• Member, South Windsor Town Council, 1995-07

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

William Duff (R)2nd District

Tom Delnicki (R)14th District

Seat Previously Held By: Brian Becker (D)Towns Served: West Hartford , Avon, Farmington Phone: 860.519.9672E-mail: [email protected]: 51 Fairlee Road West Hartford, CT 06107Biographical Information

• Chief of staff, CT State Democrats • Communications director, Mayor John DeStefano, City of New Haven

Derek Slap (D)19th District


Seat Previously Held By: Betty Boukus (D)Towns Served: Plainville, New BritainPhone: 860.490.0072E-mail: [email protected]: 132 Red Stone Hill PO Box 310 Plainville, CT 06062Biographical Information

• Director, Public Health Plainville, 1994-08• President, Petit Family Foundation, 2007-present• Chairman, Hayley’s Hope and Michaela’s Miracle Memorial Fund• Executive member, CT Science Center Women in Science Steering Committee

William Petit (R)22nd District

Seat Previously Held By: Philip Miller (D)Towns Served: Higganum, Chester, Deep River, Essex, HaddamPhone: 860.490.3959E-mail: [email protected]: 148 Pokorny Road Higganum, CT 06441Biographical Information

• Secretary, Haddam Republican Town Committee• Haddam Justice of the Peace

Robert Siegrist (R)36th District

Seat Previously Held By: Ed Jutila (D)Towns Served: Niantic, East Lyme, SalemPhone: 860.227.5485E-mail: [email protected]: 16 Mitchell Drive Niantic, CT 06357Biographical Information

• Member, East Lyme Board of Selectmen• President, East Lyme Library Board• Vice chair/past chair, East Lyme Republican Town Committee

Holly Cheeseman (R)37th District


Seat Previously Held By: Ernest Hewett (D)Towns Served: New LondonPhone: 860.501.4800E-mail: [email protected]: 18 Crouch Street New London, CT 06320Biographical Information

• Member, New London’s Latino & Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, Southeastern CT

• Member, Democratic Town Committee

Christian Soto (D)39th District

Seat Previously Held By: John Scott (R)Towns Served: Groton, LedyardPhone: 860.916.3333E-mail: [email protected]: 90 Crown Knoll Court Unit 144 Groton, CT 06340Biographical Information

• Member, Groton Representative Town Meeting• Member, Shennecossett Golf Course

Christine Conley (D)40th District

Seat Previously Held By: Aundre Bumgardner (R)Towns Served: Groton, New LondonPhone: 860.271.1834E-mail: [email protected]: 95 Corey Road Groton, CT 06340Biographical Information

• Councilor, Town of Groton• Member, Groton Representative Town Meeting

Joe de la Cruz (D)41st District


Seat Previously Held By: Paul Brycki (D)Towns Served: Griswold, Lisbon, Plainfield, SterlingPhone: 860.376.6958E-mail: [email protected]: 70 Haley Meadow Road Griswold, CT 06351Biographical Information

• Griswold First Selectmen, 2013-present• Member/former vice chairman, Griswold Republican Town Committee• Vice president, Griswold Youth Football

Kevin Skulczyck (R)45th District

Seat Previously Held By: Mike Alberts (R)Towns Served: Pomfret, Brooklyn, Eastford, Union, WoodstockPhone: 860.208.5531E-mail: [email protected]: 398 Pomfret Street Pomfret, CT 06258Biographical Information

• Deputy emergency management director, Town of Pomfret• Board member, Fire District Taxing Authority• Member, Town of Plainfield Charter Revision Commission, 2001-02

Patrick Boyd (D)50th District

Seat Previously Held By: Christine Randall (D)Towns Served: Danielson, Killingly, PlainfieldE-mail: [email protected]: 204 Wright Road Danielson, CT 06239Biographical Information

• B.A., E.C.S.U.; Nursing, Northern Maine Technical CollegeAnne Dauphinais (R)

44th District


Seat Previously Held By: Gayle Mulligan (R)Towns Served: Marlborough , Andover, Bolton, HebronPhone: 860.268.6369E-mail: [email protected]: 63 Highpoint Commons Marlborough, CT 06447Biographical Information

• Member, Marlborough Arts Center and Museum• Member, Marlborough Republican Town Committee• Member, CT Childcare Association

Robin Green (R)55th District

Seat Previously Held By: David Alexander (D)Towns Served: EnfieldPhone: 860.741.7349E-mail: [email protected]: 10 Steele Road Enfield, CT 06082Biographical Information

• Councilor, Enfield Town Council• Enfield Board of Education, 2007-11• Enfield Republican Town Committee, 2003-06

Greg Stokes (R)58th District

Seat Previously Held By: David Kiner (D)Towns Served: Enfield, East WindsorPhone: 860.490.5294E-mail: [email protected]: 14 Long Hollow Road Enfield, CT 06082Biographical Information

• Councilor, Enfield Town CouncilCarol Hall (R)59th District


Seat Previously Held By: Peggy Sayers (D)Towns Served: Windsor Locks, WindsorPhone: 860.833.4542E-mail: [email protected]: 42 Elm Street Windsor Locks, CT 06096Biographical Information

• Water Pollution Control Authority• Economic and Industrial Development Commission

Scott Storms (R)60th District

Seat Previously Held By: Roberta Willis (D)Towns Served: Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Sharon, TorringtonPhone: 860.307.1135E-mail: [email protected]: 27 E Main Street Canaan, CT 06018

Brian Ohler (R)64th District

Seat Previously Held By: Craig Miner (R)Towns Served: Litchfield, Bethlehem, Morris, Warren, WoodburyPhone: 860.482.7245E-mail: [email protected]: 42 Wheeler Road Litchfield, CT 06759Biographical Information

• Aviation Structural Mechanic (AM-2), U.S. Coast Guard, 1967-72 (honorably discharged)

• Treasurer, Town of Litchfield, 1987-present• Chair, Litchfield Capital Improvement Committee• Past treasurer, Litchfield Volunteer Ambulance Company

David Wilson (R)66th District


Seat Previously Held By: Cecilia Buck-Taylor (R)Towns Served: New MilfordPhone: 860.354.6757E-mail: [email protected] Address: 64A Lanesville Road New Milford, CT 06776Biographical Information

• Member, New Milford Homeless Shelter Coalition Board of Directors• New Milford Sewer Commission

William Buckbee (R)67th District

Seat Previously Held By: Selim Noujaim (R)Towns Served: WaterburyPhone: 203.695.2038E-mail: [email protected]: 66 Fleetwood Drive Waterbury, CT 06705Biographical Information

• Member, Waterbury Board of Aldermen, 2013-present• Finance and Audit Review Commission, 2013• Member, Waterbury Republican Town Committee

Stephanie Cummings (R)

74th District

Seat Previously Held By: Frank Nicastro (D)Towns Served: BristolPhone: 860.589.7289E-mail: [email protected]: 32 Woodland Street Bristol, CT 06010Biographical Information

• Councilor, Bristol City Council, 1985-89• Member, Board Finance, 2009-11• Chairman, Bristol Democratic Town Committee

Christopher Ziogas (D)

79th District


Seat Previously Held By: David Zoni (D)Towns Served: SouthingtonPhone: 203.535.9571E-mail: [email protected]: 178 West Center Street Southington, CT 06489Biographical Information

• Alternate, Southington Conservation/Inland Wetlands CommissionJohn Fusco (R)81st District

Seat Previously Held By: Mary Fritz (D)Towns Served: WallingfordPhone: 203.265.2895E-mail: [email protected]: 179 Grieb Road Wallingford, CT 06492Biographical Information

• Councilor, Town of Wallingford• Member, Wallingford Rotary Club

Craig Fishbein (R)90th District

Seat Previously Held By: Brendan Sharkey (D)Towns Served: HamdenPhone: 607.280.1918E-mail: [email protected]: 59 Macarthur Drive Hamden, CT 06518Biographical Information

• Community organizer, CT Progressives• Volunteer, Guiding Eyes for the Blind

Joshua Elliott (D)88th District


Seat Previously Held By: Robert Megna (D)Towns Served: New HavenPhone: 203.623.2439E-mail: [email protected]: 151 Huntington Road New Haven, CT 06512Biographical Information

• Marshal, Fairfield County• Majority Leader, New Haven Board of Alders

Alphonse Paolillo, Jr. (D)

97th District

Seat Previously Held By: Theresa Conroy (D)Towns Served: Seymour, Beacon Falls, DerbyPhone: 203.410.8322E-mail: [email protected]: 23 Osprey Drive Seymor, CT 06483

Nicole Klarides Ditria (R)

105th District

Seat Previously Held By: Al Adinolfi (R)Towns Served: Cheshire, Southington, WallingfordPhone: 860.301.2746E-mail: [email protected]: 405 Sycamore Lane Cheshire, CT 06410Biographical Information

• Events & marketing professionalLiz Linehan (D)103rd District


Seat Previously Held By: Louis Esposito (D)Towns Served: West Haven, New HavenPhone: 203.710.8915E-mail: [email protected]: 136 Putney Drive West Haven, CT 06516Biographical Information

• Member, West Haven Democratic Town Committee• Vice president, Sons & Daughters of Italy• Member, Elks Lodge #1537

Michael DiMassa (D)116th District

Seat Previously Held By: Janice Giegler (R)Towns Served: Danbury, New Fairfield, RidgefieldPhone: 203.460.4992E-mail: [email protected]: 4 Old Hayrake Road Danbury, CT 06811Biographical Information

• Member, Danbury Board of Education• Member, Danbury Planning Commission, 2012-13• Chairperson, Danbury Schools and Business Collaborative (DSABC)

Board of Directors

Michael Ferguson (R)138th District

Seat Previously Held By: John Shaban (R)Towns Served: Easton, Redding, WestonPhone: 203.292.3692E-mail: [email protected]: 65 Redding Road Easton, CT 06612Biographical Information

• First selectman, Town of Easton• Member, Easton Conservation Commission, 2003-09• Member, Easton Board of Education, 2009-13

Adam Dunsby (R)135th District


Seat Previously Held By: Dante Bartolomeo (D)Towns Served: Meriden, Cheshire, Middlefield, MiddletownPhone: 203.630.3485E-mail: [email protected]: 35 Lydale Place Meriden, CT 06450Biographical Information

• Member, CT Office of the Victim Advocate Advisory Board, 2013-14• SENATE, 2011-2013• Member, Knights of Columbus• Member, Cheshire Academy Board of Trustees

STATE SENATE

Len Suzio (R)13th District

Seat Previously Held By: Joseph Crisco (D)Towns Served: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, WoodbridgePhone: 203.626.1508E-mail: [email protected]: 10 Larovera Terrace Ansonia, CT 06401Biographical Information

• Former chair, African-American Affairs Commission• Board member, Griffin Hospital, Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce• CT Yankee Council Energy Industry Good Scout Award

George Logan (R)17th District

Seat Previously Held By: Andrew Maynard (D)Towns Served: Groton, Griswold, North Stonington, Plainfield, Sterling, Stonington, VoluntownAddress: 67 Ramsdell Street Groton, CT 06340Biographical Information

• Member, Groton Town Council• Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, 2014• Mayor, Town of Groton, 2012-14• Member, CT Commission for Economic Development

Heather Somers (R)18th District


Seat Previously Held By: Clark Chapin (R)Towns Served: Litchfield, Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Winchester Phone: 860.567.4757E-mail: [email protected]: 230 E Chestnut Hill Road Litchfield, CT 06759Biographical Information

• First Selectman, Litchfield, 1991-2001• HOUSE, 2001-present, Assistant Republican Leader (2011-14)

Craig Miner (R)30th District

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