Matt Blumenthal
Matt Blumenthal District 147 covers parts of Fairfield County. Matt Blumenthal was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and, as of September 2019, lives in Springdale. Blumenthal served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, commanding a rifle platoon in Charlie Company, First Battalion, Twenty-Fifth Marines. He earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, and juris doctor degree from Yale University. As of September 2019, Blumenthal is a trial attorney at the law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, P.C. He is licensed to practice in Connecticut and New York.
“In these roles, Matt has been a leader fighting for strengthening and expanding our democracy, gun-violence prevention, increasing fairness and transparency in our justice system, women's and worker's rights, and making Connecticut a place where all can thrive.”
(Candidate statement) “He has also led passage of the constitutional amendment to allow Absentee Voting for All, the Connecticut John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, legislation protecting elections workers from harassment, and the first law significantly law strengthening the state's Freedom of Information laws in roughly 40 years. He also co-authored and led passage of the strongest law in the nation to protect our elections against federal interference.”
(Candidate statement) “Lewis Voting Rights Act, legislation protecting elections workers from harassment, and the first law significantly law strengthening the state's Freedom of Information laws in roughly 40 years. He also co-authored and led passage of the strongest law in the nation to protect our elections against federal interference.”
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