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Matt Lesser's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Office

Legislative Office Building, Room 2800
Hartford, CT 06106-1591

Full Name:

Matthew 'Matt' L. Lesser

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Sarah

Birth Date:

04/29/1983

Birth Place:

Washington, DC

Home City:

Middletown, CT

Attended, History, Wesleyan University

Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2021-present

Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 9, 2019-present

Former Assistant Majority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Candidate, Secretary of the State, State of Connecticut, 2022

Candidate, Connecticut State Senate, District 9, 2020

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 100, 2009-2019

Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 100, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

Member, Appropriations Committee, Connecticut State Senate, 2021-present

Vice Chair, Human Services Committee, Connecticut State Senate, 2021-present

Chair, Insurance & Real Estate Committee, Connecticut State Senate, 2021-present

Member, Judiciary Committee, Connecticut State Senate, 2021-present

Member, Labor & Public Employees Committee, Connecticut State Senate, 2021-present

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, Banks Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Education Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Government Administration and Elections Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Human Services Committee, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Chair, Insurance and Real Estate Committee, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Member, Insurance and Real Estate Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Health Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Public Health Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Collective Bargaining, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Development, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Development, Connecticut State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Government B, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Co-Chair, Subcommittee on General Government B, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee on Human Services, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Legislative, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Regulation and Protection, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee on Regulation and Protection, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Energy & Technology Committee, Connecticut State Legislature, 2021-2023

Intern, Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy

Marshall Memorial Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States, 2015

Member, National Platform Committee, Democratic National Committee, 2012

Commissioner, Planning and Zoning Commission, Middletown, 2007-2008

Member, Connecticut Young Elected Officials Network

Director, Durham Fair Association

Member, Durham-Middlefield Exchange Club

Board Member, Middlesex County Substance Abuse Action Council

Board Member, Oddfellows Children's Playhouse

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