Susan Bysiewicz
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| Susan Bysiewicz | |
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| Connecticut Secretary of State | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| Current term ends 2010 | |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Website | Official Connecticut Secretary of State website |
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Susan Bysiewicz (born 1961 in Middletown, Connecticut) is the current Democratic Secretary of State of Connecticut. She officially announced in January 2009 that she would be entering the governor's race in the state.[1]
Education
- Bachelor's degree, Yale University (1983)
- Juris Doctorate degree, Duke University School of Law (1986)
Professional experience
In the midst of her pursuit for a law degree, Bysiewicz wrote Ella: A Biography of Governor Ella Grasso, a pioneer in women's roles in politics and the first woman elected governor of Connecticut, in 1984. Following law school, she practiced law in New York as an attorney at Robinson & Cole from 1988 to 1992 and then in Hartford at Aetna Insurance Company until 1994.
Political career
Prior to being elected Secretary of State, Bysiewicz was voted state representative for the 100th Assembly District of Connecticut for three successive terms starting in 1992, representing up to 22,000 constituents.
In 1998, she sought the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State. Even though at the state Democratic Convention she lost the party's endorsement to Representative Ellen Scalettar, she garnered enough delegates to qualify to run for the nomination in the primary. Bysiewicz went on to win both the nomination and the office itself in the November general election. She won re-election in 2002 and 2006.
Other roles
- Member, Connecticut Public Affairs Network (1998-present)
- Member, National Association of Secretaries of State (1998-present)
- Honorary Chair, Polish American Advisory Council (1998-present)
- Member, Women's Campaign School at Yale University (1998-present)
- Honorary Chair, Student Parent Mock Election (2002)
Controversy
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Dead registered voters
- See also: Dead people voting
University of Connecticut journalism professor Marcel Dufresne led an eleven student class investigation into dead voters in the state of Connecticut. His group discovered that 8,558 deceased individuals who were still registered on Connecticut voter rolls. Even more troubling was the revelation that more than three hundred of them appeared somehow to have cast ballots after they died.
While votes were cast and counter in the names of the dead, Susan Bysiewicz insisted that "there was no voter fraud at all in the state of Connecticut."[2] She went on to say, "While we want to remove dead people from the rolls, we don’t want to be overzealous and disenfranchise people."[3]
Electoral history
1998
| 1998 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
 Susan Bysiewicz (D)
| 59.1% | |||
| Ben Andrews (R) | 39.8% | |||
| Kenneth F. Mosher (Libertarian) | 1.1% | |||
| Total votes | 899,624 | |||
2002
| 2002 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Susan Bysiewicz (D)
| 64.2% | |||
| Ronald S. San Angelo (R) | 34.3% | |||
| Darlene H. Nicholas (Libertarian) | 1.5% | |||
| Total votes | 952,164 | |||
2006
| 2006 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Susan Bysiewicz (D)
| 69.8% | |||
| Richard J. Abbate (R) | 26.4% | |||
| S. Michael DeRosa (Green) | 1.8% | |||
| Kenneth F. Mosher (Libertarian) | 1.2% | |||
| Jean Marie Burness (Concerned Citizens) | 0.8% | |||
| Total votes | 1,044,871 | |||
Family life
Susan Bysiewicz currently resides in Middletown, Connecticut with her husband, David Donaldson, and their three children - Ava, Leyna, and Tristan. She is a practicing Roman Catholic.
Contact Information
Secretary of State
ATTN: Capitol Office
PO Box 150470
Hartford, CT 06115-0470
Phone: (860) 509-6200
Fax: (860) 509-6209
susan.bysiewicz@po.state.ct.us
External links
- Official Connecticut Secretary of State website
- Susan Bysiewicz's Facebook profile
- Susan Bysiewicz for Connecticut 2010 Campaign website
- Project Vote Smart - Susan Bysiewicz biography
References
- ↑ The Middletown Press "Bysiewicz announces intention to run for governor" 27 Jan. 2009
- ↑ Fox News Dead voters still showing up on election records, puzzling officials" 4 June, 2008
- ↑ Scatterin' O' the Thoughts "More ACORN arrests" 8 Oct. 2008
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State - Vote for Secretary of State 1998
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State - Vote for Secretary of State 2002
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State - Vote for Secretary of State 2006
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