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Vin Candelora's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Legislative Office Building, Room 4203
Hartford, CT 06106-1591

Full Name:

Vincent 'Vin' J. Candelora

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Carolyn; 3 Children: Christopher, Thomas, Ava

Birth Place:

North Branford, CT

Home City:

North Branford, CT

Religion:

Catholic

JD, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, 1995

BA, Government/Economics, Connecticut College, 1992

Minority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2021-present

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 86, 2006-present

Former Deputy Mayor/Member, Branford Town Council

Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 86, 2022

Deputy Minority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2010-2021

Former Member, Education Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, General Law Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

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

Former Member, Regulation Review Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Bonding, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Owner/Manager, Connecticut Sportsplex, present

Employee, Taconic Wire, present

Former Editor-in-Chief, Dickinson Law Review

Former Law Clerk, Honorable Antoinette L. Dupont, former Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Connecticut

Former Attorney, Susman, Duffy and Segaloff, Practicing Consultants

Adult Leader, Boy Scouts of America, present

Board Member, North Branford Little League, present

Member, North Branford Zoning Board of Appeals, present

Member/President, Parish Counsel, Saint Augustine Church, present

Parish Trustee, Saint Ambrose Parish, present

Member, Appellate Moot Court Board

Former President/Member, North Branford Rotary Club

Former Vice Chair, North Branford Zoning Board of Appeals

Former President, North Branford's Chamber of Commerce

League Coordinator, Pee Wee American

Former Treasurer, Republican Town Committee

Former Member, Rotary’s Centennial Project Committee

Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Board of Education

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