Michael A. McLachlan (born May 18, 1958) is an American politician from

Danbury, Connecticut Danbury ( ) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest ...

. He was Deputy Minority Leader of the

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for the Republican Party. First elected in 2008, he represented the 24th District which includes

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, Danbury,

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and

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. In the

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, he lost re-election to

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Julie Kushner.

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