Leonard F. Suzio Jr. (born January 4, 1948) is an American politician from

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Personal life

Suzio attended the

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. Shortly after graduation, he married Kathryn. Suzio was active in the Connecticut Victim Advocate Advisory Committee, founded the consultancy firm GeoDataVision, and served on the Meriden Board of Education from 1995 to 2009.

Political career

Suzio contested his first state legislative election in 2010, losing to incumbent state senator Thomas Gaffey. Gaffey resigned after he was charged with

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. Suzio contested the subsequent special election, defeating Thomas Bruenn, and took office on February 28, 2011. He became the first

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elected from the 13th

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district since 1972. Suzio ran in the 2012 full-term elections, and was unseated by Danté Bartolomeo. Suzio challenged Bartolomeo again in 2014, and lost. Suzio launched another campaign in 2016, narrowly winning Bartolomeo's seat. Suzio announced that he would run for a second consecutive term in May 2018. Suzio lost his 2018 re-election bid to

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Mary Daugherty Abrams Mary Daugherty Abrams is an American politician. She represented the Democratic Party in the 2020 legislative elections, and was to the Connecticut State Senate for the 13th district. Abrams stated that she would not run for reelection in 2022. ...

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Suzio, Len 1948 births Living people Politicians from Meriden, Connecticut Republican Party Connecticut state senators School board members in Connecticut Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni 21st-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians