Directory of
Connecticut’s
Federal and State
Elected Officials
2007-2008
League of Women Voters
of Connecticut
Education Fund, Inc.
Directory of
Connecticut’s
Federal and State
Elected Officials
2007-2008
League of Women Voters
of Connecticut
Education Fund, Inc.
LWVCT Education Fund, Inc.
Directory of
Connecticut’s Federal and State
Elected Officials
2007—2008
Table of Contents
Communicating with Your Elected Officials 3
Political Districts by Town 4
United States Congress 7
State Officials: Executive Branch 9
State Officials: Legislative Branch 10
Senators by District 11
Senators, Alphabetical Listing 13
Representatives by District 14
Representatives, Alphabetical Listing 21
Legislative Committees 22
Capitol Information and Tours 25
Additional Sources of Information 26
About The League of Women Voters
of Connecticut 27
Updates available online
www.lwvct.org
For online access to
Connecticut state government
www.ct.gov
Communicating With
Your Elected Officials
Your opinion is important to elected officials and can influence
their votes. You can communicate with them by letter, e-mail,
telephone, FAX, or a personal visit.
· Be brief; discuss only one or two issues.
· Write to each legislator individually and use your
own words.
· Identify legislation by number or title, if possible. If
you know the number, author or subject of a bill, a
phone call to Hartford, (860) 240-0555, will get you
information on bill status in minutes or visit the CT
General Assembly website at www.cga.ct.gov and click
on Search.
· Make your communications timely. Remember, the
Connecticut General Assembly is a part-time legislature
that begins its sessions early in the year and does not
meet in the summer or fall.
· Influence legislative committees by testifying at
their public hearings on proposed bills.
· Write notes of appreciation to your legislators when
appropriate. Support them when they adopt a position
that you have advocated.
GUIDELINES FOR CORRESPONDENCE
THE PRESIDENT OF The Honorable George W. Bush
THE UNITED STATES or The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
§ White House: (202) 456-1414
§ FAX (202) 456-2461
§ www.whitehouse.gov
§ E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
U. S. SENATOR / The Honorable …
REPRESENTATIVE Dear Senator/Representative …
· www.senate.gov
· www.house.gov
GOVERNOR The Honorable M. Jodi Rell
Dear Governor Rell:
STATE SENATOR/ The Honorable …
REPRESENTATIVE Dear Senator/Representative ...
The blue pages in local phone books contain many address and
phone listings for government officials, agencies, offices, and services.
POLITICAL DISTRICTS BY TOWN
See your Registrar of Voters for your voting district.
Town U.S. Congress CT Senate CT House
Andover 2 19 55
Ansonia 3 17 104, 105
Ashford 2 35 53
Avon 5 8 17, 19
Barkhamsted 1 8 62, 63
Beacon Falls 3 17 105
Berlin 1 6 30, 83
Bethany 3 17 89
Bethel 5 24, 26 2, 107
Bethlehem 5 32 66
Bloomfield 1 2, 5 1, 15
Bolton 2 4 55
Bozrah 2 19 139
Branford 3 12 98, 102
Bridgeport 4 22, 23 124, 126–130
Bridgewater 5 32 69
Bristol 1 31 22, 77, 78, 79
Brookfield 5 30 107
Brooklyn 2 29 50
Burlington 5 5 76
Canaan 5 30 63
Canterbury 2 29 47
Canton 5 8 17
Chaplin 2 35 54
Cheshire 5 13, 16 89, 90, 103
Chester 2 33 36
Clinton 2 33 35
Colchester 2 33 48
Colebrook 1 8 63
Columbia 2 19 8
Cornwall 5 30 64
Coventry 2 35 8
Cromwell 1 9 32
Danbury 5 24 2, 109, 110, 138
Darien 4 25, 27 141
Deep River 2 33 36
Derby 3 17 104, 114
Durham 2, 3 12 100
East Granby 1 7 61, 62
East Haddam 2 33 48
East Hampton 2 33 34
East Hartford 1 3 9, 10, 11
East Haven 3 34 86, 99
East Lyme 2 20 37
East Windsor 1 3 57
Eastford 2 35 50
Easton 4 28 135
Ellington 2 3, 35 57
Enfield 2 7 58, 59
Essex 2 33 36
Fairfield 4 28 132, 133, 134
Farmington 5 5, 6 19, 21
Franklin 2 19 139
Glastonbury 1, 2 4 9, 31
Goshen 5 30 64
Granby 1 7, 8 62
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POLITICAL DISTRICTS BY TOWN
See your Registrar of Voters for your voting district.
Town U.S. Congress CT Senate CT House
Greenwich 4 36 149, 150, 151
Griswold 2 18 45
Groton 2 18 40, 41
Guilford 3 12 98, 101
Haddam 2 33 36
Hamden 3 11, 17 88, 91, 96, 103
Hampton 2 35 50
Hartford 1 1, 2 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Hartland 1 8 63
Harwinton 5 8, 31 76
Hebron 2 19 55
Kent 5 30 108
Killingly 2 29 44, 51
Killingworth 2 12 35
Lebanon 2 19 139
Ledyard 2 19 42
Lisbon 2 19 45
Litchfield 5 30 66, 76
Lyme 2 33 23
Madison 2 12 101
Manchester 1 4 9, 12, 13
Mansfield 2 29 54
Marlborough 2 4 55
Meriden 5 13 82, 83, 84
Middlebury 5 32 71
Middlefield 3 13 100
Middletown 1, 3 9, 13 32, 33, 34, 100
Milford 3 14 117, 118, 119
Monroe 4 21, 22 112
Montville 2 19, 20 38, 42, 139
Morris 5 30 66
Naugatuck 3 15, 17 70, 131
New Britain 5 6 22, 24, 25, 26
New Canaan 4 26, 36 125, 147
New Fairfield 5 24 108, 138
New Hartford 1 8 62
New Haven 3 10, 11 92-97
New London 2 20 39, 40
New Milford 5 30 67, 108
Newington 1 9 24, 27, 29
Newtown 5 28 106, 112
Norfolk 5 8 63
North Branford 3 12 86
North Canaan 5 30 63
North Haven 3 34 87
North Stonington 2 18 43
Norwalk 4 25 137, 140–143
Norwich 2 19 46, 47
Old Lyme 2 20 23
Old Saybrook 2 20, 33 23
Orange 3 14 114, 117
Oxford 4 32 131
Plainfield 2 18 44, 45
Plainville 5 31 22
Plymouth 5 31 78
Pomfret 2 35 50
Portland 1 33 32
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POLITICAL DISTRICTS BY TOWN
See your Registrar of Voters for your voting district.
Town U.S. Congress CT Senate CT House
Preston 2 18 42
Prospect 3 15 89
Putnam 2 29 51
Redding 4 26 2, 135
Ridgefield 4 26 111
Rocky Hill 1 9 29
Roxbury 5 32 69
Salem 2 20 37
Salisbury 5 30 64
Scotland 2 29 47
Seymour 3 21, 32 105
Sharon 5 30 64
Shelton 3, 4 21 113, 122
Sherman 5 24 108
Simsbury 5 8 16
Somers 2 7 52
South Windsor 1 3 11, 14
Southbury 5 32 69, 131
Southington 1 16 30, 80, 81
Sprague 2 19 47
Stafford 2 35 52
Stamford 4 27, 36 144-149
Sterling 2 18 44
Stonington 2 18 43
Stratford 3 21, 23 120, 121, 122
Suffield 2 7 61
Thomaston 5 32 76
Thompson 2 29 51
Tolland 2 35 53
Torrington 1, 5 8, 30 64, 65
Trumbull 4 22 123, 134
Union 2 35 52
Vernon 2 35 8, 56
Voluntown 2 18 45
Wallingford 3 34 85, 86, 90, 103
Warren 5 30 66
Washington 5 30 69
Waterbury 3, 5 15, 16 71-75
Waterford 2 20 38
Watertown 5 32 68
West Hartford 1 5 18, 19, 20
West Haven 3 10, 14 115, 116, 117
Westbrook 2 33 23, 35
Weston 4 26, 28 135
Westport 4 26 133, 136
Wethersfield 1 1, 9 28, 29
Willington 2 35 53
Wilton 4 26 125, 143
Winchester 1 30 63
Windham 2 29 49
Windsor Locks 1 7 60
Windsor 1 2, 7 15, 60, 61
Wolcott 5 16 80
Woodbridge 3 17 114
Woodbury 5 32 66, 68
Woodstock 2 35 50
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UNITED STATES CONGRESS
The 110th Congress
Senate President Pro Tempore: Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid (D-NV)
Senate Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
House Speaker: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
House Majority Leader: Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
House Minority Leader: John Boehner (R-OH)
Official U.S. Government Web site: www.usa.gov
Research federal legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. SENATORS
E-mail U.S. Senators via their Web sites below.
Christopher J. Dodd (D) East Haddam
Elected in November 2004 for a fifth 6-year term
CT Address: 30 Lewis St.
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 258-6940
(800) 334-5341 (Toll-free in CT)
D.C. Address: 448 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2823
FAX: (202) 224-1083
Web site: www.dodd.senate.gov
Joseph I. Lieberman (I/D) New Haven
Elected in November 2006 for a fourth 6-year term
CT Address: 1 Constitution Plaza, 7th floor
Hartford 06103-1808
(860) 549-8463; (860) 549-8443 TDD
(800) 225-5605 (Toll-free in CT)
FAX: (860) 549-8478
For TTY Call 711
D.C. Address: 706 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4041
FAX: (202) 224-9750
For TTY Call 711
Web site: www.lieberman.senate.gov
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
www.ct.gov
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
GOVERNOR: M. Jodi Rell (R)
Office of the Governor, State Capitol
210 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT 06106
(800) 406-1527 (Toll free)
(860) 566-4840; (860) 524-7397 TDD
E-mail: Governor.Rell@po.state.ct.us
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: Michael Fedele (R)
Room 304, State Capitol
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 524-7384
FAX (860) 524-7304
E-mail: ltgovernor fedele@ct.gov
SECRETARY OF THE STATE: Susan Bysiewicz (D)
Room 104 , State Capitol
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 509-6200
Legislation & Elections Administration (800) 540-3764
www.sots.ct.gov
TREASURER: Denise L. Nappier (D)
55 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
(800) 618-3404
www.state.ct.us/ott/
E-mail: state.treasurer@po.state.ct.us
COMPTROLLER: Nancy Wyman (D)
55 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 702-3300 FAX (860) 702-3319
www.osc.state.ct.us/
E-mail: comptroller.wyman@po.state.ct.us
ATTORNEY GENERAL: Richard Blumenthal (D)
55 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 120
Hartford, CT 06141-0120
(860) 808-5318
www.ct.gov/ag
E-mail: Attorney.General@po.state.ct.us
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Legislative Sessions:
January 3, 2007 — June 6, 2007
February 6, 2008 — May 7, 2008
The Senate and the House of Representatives
together are known as the
Connecticut General Assembly.
SENATE
Legislative Office Building
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
Elected in November 2006 for 2-year terms
36 Seats: 24 Democrats, 12 Republicans
President ProTempore: Donald E. Williams (D-29)
Majority Leader: Martin M. Looney (D-11)
Minority Leader: John McKinney (R-28)
Additional Leaders: www.cga.ct.gov
Main Switchboard:
Democrats: (800) 842-1420 or (860) 240-8600
Republicans: (800) 842-1421 or (860) 240-8800
FAX: Democrats: (860) 240-0208
Republicans: (860) 240-8306
(860) 240-8308
Contact individual senators from these Web sites:
www.ct.gov www.cga.ct.gov www.lwvct.org/
To locate a Senator’s office, visit the LWV Capitol
Information & Tours office in the Capitol or the LWV desk in the Legislative Office Building (LOB), or ask the
receptionists in LOB Room 3300 (Democrats) and LOB
Room 3400 (Republicans).
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STATE SENATORS BY DISTRICT
Dist. Leg