Luke Bronin

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Luke Bronin (2014)

Luke Aaron Bronin (born June 30, 1979 in Port Chester , New York ) is an American lawyer and politician . He is a member of the Democratic Party and has been the 67th Mayor of Hartford , the capital of Connecticut, since January 1, 2016 .

Life

Luke Bronin attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and then studied law. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University , then received a Rhodes Scholarship and went to England, where he obtained a master's degree from Balliol College , Oxford . Bronin eventually returned to the United States and graduated from Yale Law School with a Juris Doctor degree . After graduating, Luke Bronin worked for the insurance company The Hartford Financial Services Group .

Luke Bronin has been married to lawyer Sara Galvan, a professor at the University of Connecticut Law School , since 2007 and has two daughters and a son. He is a partner in the law firm Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP.

Career

Before 2004, Luke Bronin joined the Democratic Party. In 2006, he served as the deputy leader of Dan Malloy's campaign team prior to the Connecticut gubernatorial election. During Barack Obama's first term as President of the United States, Bronin was appointed to the United States Treasury Department . There he worked as an advisor to the Deputy Finance Minister Neal S. Wolin . From September 2010 to April 2011, Bronin, who served in the United States Navy Reserve, served in the Afghan War. When he retired from the military, Luke Bronin held the status of lieutenant .

In January 2013, Luke Bronin became Head of Legal for the Connecticut State Administration under Dan Malloy. In July 2015, Bronin announced his candidacy for Hartford mayoral election that same year. Two months later, he was able to prevail against the incumbent at the time, Pedro Segarra , in an internal party primary . Bronin received support in the mayoral election from Governor Malloy and the two Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, among others . He was elected Mayor of Hartford on November 3, 2015, and took office on January 1, 2016.

In November 2017, Luke Bronin announced that he would run in Connecticut's gubernatorial election the following year. On April 16, 2018, he withdrew this announcement. On July 22, 2019, Bronin was confirmed as candidate for mayor in a primary election, which means that he will run for re-election in November 2019.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luke Bronin. In: connvoters.com , accessed on September 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Meet Luke. In: lukebronin.com , accessed September 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ Mark Pazniokas: Bronin lands at Hinckley Allen. In: Connecticut Mirror , December 17, 2014, accessed September 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ Jay Stapleton: Governor's Top Legal Adviser Will Leave Post. In: CT Law Tribune , December 11, 2014, accessed September 4, 2019.
  5. ^ Navy Reserve Lieutenant All-Fully-Qualified-Officers List. , accessed September 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ Steven Goode: Luke Bronin Wins Hartford Democrats' Endorsement For Mayor After Pedro Segarra Walks Out. In: Hartford Courant , July 28, 2015, accessed September 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ Vanessa De La Torre, Jenna Carlesso, Josh Kovner: Hartford Mayor-Elect Luke Bronin Declares: 'Now The Real Work Starts'. In: Hartford Courant , November 3, 2015, accessed September 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ Jenna Carlesso: Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin Dismisses Critics As He Considers Gubernatorial Run. In: Hartford Courant , November 20, 2017, accessed September 4, 2019.
  9. ↑ Jenna Carlesso: Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin Abandon's Bid For Governor's Seat. In: Hartford Courant , April 16, 2018, accessed September 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ Rebecca Lurye: Mayor Luke Bronin is the Democratic nominee. What's next in the countdown to Hartford's primary ?. In: Hartford Courant , July 24, 2019, accessed September 4, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Bronin, Luke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bronin, Luke Aaron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and lawyer, Mayor of Hartford (since 2016)
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Chester , New York , United States