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Mike Winkler is an American politician who served as a member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each ...
from the 56th district, which includes part of the town of Vernon, since 2017.


Career

In 2016, Winkler was elected to the seat in a close election over Republican Jim Tedford. Winkler was re-elected in 2018 and 2020 over Republican Laura Bush by a 15-point margin both times. In March 2021, Winkler controversially claimed that “you count Asians and other minorities that have never been discriminated against” when responding to a claim made by Sam Romeo, chairman of the
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Housing Authority, that the population of the town of Greenwich was 37% racial minorities. Winkler later apologized after receiving criticism from Asian-American Connecticut politicians such as
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and Tony Hwang.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winkler, Mike Living people Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives University of Connecticut alumni Connecticut city council members Politicians from Pittsburgh People from Vernon, Connecticut Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly