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Mary Mushinsky, longest-serving member of the Connecticut House, to retire
Mary Mushinsky retires after 45 years as Connecticut House's longest-serving member, marking an era of significant cultural and political change in the state legislature.
- On Thursday, Rep. Mary Mushinsky announced from the House floor that her 46th year in the General Assembly will be her last, serving as the House 'dean'.
- Before elective office, Mary Mushinsky worked as a political organizer and lobbyist for the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, where her boss, Miles S. Rapoport, tried to dissuade her from running.
- Her electoral record shows she and Looney are the last from the House class of 1980, which included John G. Rowland, a future governor, and a future Senate leader.
- A potential successor will announce Friday, though Rep. Mary Mushinsky declined to identify them; she expressed great respect for the institution and learned from colleagues across the aisle.
- Anecdotes from the Capitol recall that when she arrived, smoking was permitted and the press room was overcrowded with reporters who worked there year-round; she breast fed both sons at the Capitol, discomfiting some male colleagues.
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Mary Mushinsky, longest-serving member of the Connecticut House, to retire
Mary Mushinsky was a 29-year-old political organizer and public-interest lobbyist when she decided to take a more direct role in setting public policy in Connecticut by running for a seat in the General Assembly.
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Mary Mushinsky, longest-serving member of CT House, to retire
Mary Mushinsky was a 29-year-old political organizer and public-interest lobbyist when she decided to take a more direct role in setting public policy in Connecticut by running for a seat in the General Assembly. That was 1980. A Democrat, she ran on the same ballot line as Jimmy Carter. He lost, and she won — 23 times, not counting primaries, a liberal prevailing every two years in the purplish 85th House District of Wallingford. No more. Mushi…
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