M. Jodi Rell

M. Jodi Rell (2007)

Mary Jodi Rell (* 16th June 1946 in Norfolk , Virginia as Mary Carolyn Reavis ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . Rell was elected the 87th Governor of the state of Connecticut on July 1, 2004  and served in that office until January 5, 2011. She had previously served as Lieutenant Governor under Governor John G. Rowland until the latter resigned from office due to a corruption investigation.

Life

She attended Old Dominion University , which she left in 1967, when she Lou Rell, a pilot of the Marine Corps married. She moved to Brookfield in 1969 and later attended Western Connecticut State University . In 2001 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hartford .

Political career

Rell was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995 . In 1994 she was elected lieutenant governor of Connecticut, and in 1998 and 2002 she was re-elected. After the resignation of Governor Rowland, Rell was appointed his successor and was confirmed in office on November 7, 2006. In November 2009 she announced that she was not available for any further candidacy and would therefore be leaving office in January 2011. Her successor was the Democrat Dan Malloy .

Rell is considered a liberal Republican and conservative in the financial sphere. Signed as Governor Rell on 20 April 2005 a law in the state of Connecticut Registered partnerships allowed ( "Civil Unions"). The law gives homosexual couples all of the rights, responsibilities, and privileges that a heterosexual couple should have, including the right to adopt.

With the execution of serial killer Michael Ross on May 13, 2005, the death penalty was carried out for the first time since 1960 in the New England states . She is considered an advocate of the death penalty and refused a pardon . Rell supported the No Child Left Behind Act of Education .

Web links

Commons : M. Jodi Rell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• M. Jodi Rell in the Notable Names Database (English)
• Jodi Rell in the National Governors Association (English)
• Governor Rells website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christopher Keating, John Lender: Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell Won't Seek Re-Election. ( Memento of November 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) In: The Hartford Courant of November 10, 2009 (English).