Peter Goselin

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Peter Goselin

Green Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 6, 2018

Education

Law

University of Connecticut School of Law, 1995

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Campaign Facebook

Personal website

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Peter Goselin (Green Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Connecticut. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Goselin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Peter Goselin earned a juris doctorate from the University of Connecticut Law School in 1995. Goselin's career experience includes working as a labor and employment attorney representing individual employees and labor unions in Connecticut. He has also worked with the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association and with the National Lawyers Guild.

Elections

2018

See also: Connecticut Attorney General election, 2018

General election

General election for Attorney General of Connecticut

William Tong defeated Susan Hatfield and Peter Goselin in the general election for Attorney General of Connecticut on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Tong (D)	52.5	715,340
		Susan Hatfield (R)	46.5	633,360
		Peter Goselin (G)	1.1	14,358

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,363,058
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Connecticut

William Tong defeated Chris Mattei and Paul Doyle in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Connecticut on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Tong	57.4	119,574
		Chris Mattei	25.8	53,822
		Paul Doyle	16.7	34,822

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 208,218
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Clare Kindall (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Connecticut

Susan Hatfield defeated John Shaban in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Connecticut on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Hatfield	79.3	106,076
		John Shaban	20.7	27,639

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 133,715
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Campaign themes

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Peter Goselin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Goselin's responses.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

1. Investigate and take action against local police departments that engage in racial profiling. 2. Take legal action against the federal government to get ICE agents out of our schools and courts. 3. Protect every child's right to a quality education by ending education funding by local school districts; a state-wide system of school funding means education not segregation.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I have spent my professional career as an attorney asserting the rights of working people in the workplace, the civil rights of all people in the public sphere; and the civil liberties that guarantee the peoples' power to protest unjust treatment.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

The Connecticut Attorney General has responsibility for the enforcement of civil law in the interests of the people of Connecticut.

A state's attorney general has many responsibilities. Which of those do you personally consider the most important?

Connecticut's Attorney General has the dual responsibility of ensuring that individual rights of the state's residents are respected in relation to the government, and that the interests of the state and its people as a whole are respected in relation to corporations and the federal government.

Attorneys general can represent their states in legal conflicts with the federal government. Do you consider this an important part of an attorney general's responsibilities?

The Attorney General's office is a critical check on the federal government when it acts in such a way as to impede or interfere with the rights of the state's residents.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for a state's attorney general to have previous experience in government or politics?

The most important criteria for the office of Connecticut Attorney General is an understanding and experience advocating for the rights of working and poor people.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I have great respect for the many attorneys in the National Lawyers Guild who have, since 1937, staked their reputations, their careers, and sometimes their lives on the struggles of working and poor people for justice.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

If you would like insight into the vision of lawyering that has motivated me, read about the history of the National Lawyers Guild at https://www.nlg.org/about/history/ or view the video biographies in the series "Speaking Freely," at https://www.nlg.org/about/speaking-freely

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

I believe that all political work - by grassroots organizers as well as elected officials and movement leaders - should be informed by a commitment to honesty and to the interests of working class people both here in the US and around the world.

What legacy would you like to leave?

The only legacy any of us can hope for is that those that come after can say of us "The world is a better place because you were in it."

What is your favorite holiday? Why?

May 1st. International Workers Day.

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“	What is your political philosophy? I believe that independent political action by the Green Party and by other left wing parties is critical to giving working and poor people a real voice.	”
—Peter Goselin

See also

• Attorney General of Connecticut
• Connecticut Attorney General election, 2018

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Attorney General of Connecticut Office website
• Campaign website