Connecticut Leaders React to Looney Not Seeking Reelection

Powerful CT Senate President Pro Tempore retiring after 46 years at Capitol

Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney retiring after 46 years at Capitol

Looney announces he will not seek reelection; names his chosen successors

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — State Sen. Martin Looney, the longest serving Senate president in Connecticut’s history, announced Saturday that he will not seek reelection to another term in office. “Serving the people of Connecticut in the General Assembly for 46 years has been the great privilege of my public life,” Looney said in a statement. [...]

CT Senate President Martin Looney Not Seeking Re-election, Ending 46-year Legislative Career

Looney has represented the 11th Senate District, which includes New Haven and parts of Hamden, since 1993. He has served as Senate President Pro Tempore since 2015. Prior to that, he served as Senate Majority Leader from 2003 to 2015. He has also served six terms as a representative in the 96th House District.

Sen. Looney says he’s not seeking reelection, ending 46-year career

Sen. Looney said he will not seek reelection to the Connecticut State Senate.

Looney Won't Seek Reelection

After spending more than 45 years representing New Haven in the state legislature — including as the longest-serving leader in the history of the state Senate — Martin Looney announced on Saturday that he won’t be running for reelection this year. “I was raised by New Deal Democratic immigrant parents and believe to my core that enlightened public policy can deliver positive transformation when government takes its obligations seriously,” Looney…

Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney will not run for reelection

Sen. Martin M. Looney told his caucus Saturday that he will not seek reelection this fall after 46 years as a lawmaker.