Pledging to continue her fight for the people of Connecticut, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz today announced her candidacy for the office of Attorney General. “As we face our greatest challenges in more than a generation, Connecticut needs strong leadership from its Attorney General,” said Bysiewicz. “It is with great hope for the future and a commitment to fighting for the people of Connecticut that I announce my candidacy for Attorney General.”
As Secretary of the State since 1999, Bysiewicz has fought for Connecticut families, veterans, seniors, and consumers. Bysiewicz’s record includes:
· Cracking down on Illegal Businesses: with Richard Blumenthal, spearheaded the effort to crack down on out-of-state businesses operating illegally in Connecticut, which hurts our economy, threatens legitimate small businesses, and costs us jobs.
· Preventing Identity Theft: safeguarded the privacy of Connecticut citizens by ensuring that confidential personal data within her agency is protected or altogether eliminated from the public domain. In particular, she won passage of a law to remove all social security numbers from voter registration rolls.
· Standing up for Victims Rights: in 2004, Bysiewicz created the "Safe at Home/Address Confidentiality" program, which protects victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by keeping their addresses confidential.
· Honoring Veterans: fought the Bush Administration’s efforts to curtail voter registration at Veterans Administration (VA) Hospitals. As Secretary of the State, she has honored World War II veterans across the Connecticut and will continue to fight for their rights as Attorney General
· Defending Our Environment: led the successful fight against the dangerous Broadwater Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal and was instrumental in working to ensure that the U.S. Army used smart-growth principles to protect our open spaces while building a new facility in Middletown.
“I intend to carry on the great tradition established by my friend Richard Blumenthal, a tradition where our Attorney General places the people of Connecticut first,” said Bysiewicz. “My record as Secretary of the State has led to great strides to protect Connecticut residents and keep our state one of the safest in America.”
Bysiewicz’s high approval ratings from her tenure as Secretary of the State, as well has her strong fundraising, make her the likely frontrunner for Attorney General.
Susan Bysiewicz is the Secretary of the State of Connecticut. From 1988 to 1992, Secretary Bysiewicz represented the 100th Assembly District in the State House of Representatives. In that capacity, she also served as House Chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee. A graduate of Yale College and Duke University School of Law, she has practiced corporate, international, banking, health care, and pension law at several area firms. A native of Middletown , she continues to reside there with her husband, David Donaldson, and their three children.
