Terry Gerratana

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Terry Gerratana
Image of Terry Gerratana

Democratic Party

Prior offices
Connecticut House of Representatives
Connecticut State Senate District 6
Successor: Gennaro Bizzarro
Predecessor: Donald DeFronzo

Education

Bachelor's

Central Connecticut State University

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Public service
Contact

Campaign Facebook

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Terry Gerratana is a former Democratic member of the Connecticut State Senate, representing District 6 from 2011 to 2019. Gerratana was elected to the office on February 22, 2011. She left the Senate in 2019 to join the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont (D).[1]

Gerratana served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003. She served as a commissioner of the State Election Enforcement Commission from 2007 to 2010.

Biography

Gerratana served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, serving as co-chair of the Human Services Committee. While serving in the House, she assisted in passing the HUSKY children's health care bill and strengthening the CONNPACE program. She also worked on programs intended to improve healthcare for mothers and infants.

Gerratana served as a commissioner of the State Election Enforcement Commission from 2007 to 2010. She also served as Ethics Commissioner for New Britain, CT, worked with the Junior League, the Klingberg Family Center, and the New Britain/Berlin YMCA.

Gerratana received her B.S. from Central Connecticut State University.[2]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Connecticut committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations
• Children, Vice chair
• Judiciary
• Public Health, Co-chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Gerratana served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Gerratana served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Gerratana served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Campaign themes

2016

Gerratana's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Terry is a strong advocate for “good government” and has been instrumental in creating real, lasting change for the residents of Berlin, Farmington, and New Britain. If re-elected, Terry will continue to fight to:

  • Increase job training as well as educational opportunities for all our students
  • Help small and new start-up businesses to grow our local economy and expand our tax base
  • Write legislation to prevent opioid deaths in our state
  • Promote fiscal responsibility by making government more accountable and transparent[3]
 ”
—Terry Gerratana, [4]

Elections

2018

See also: Connecticut State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Connecticut State Senate District 6

Incumbent Terry Gerratana defeated Robert Smedley in the general election for Connecticut State Senate District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Terry Gerratana
Terry Gerratana (D)
 
62.6
 
17,173
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Robert Smedley (R)
 
37.4
 
10,263

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,436
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2016

See also: Connecticut State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Connecticut State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

Incumbent Terry Gerratana defeated Charles Paonessa in the Connecticut State Senate District 6 general election.[5]

Connecticut State Senate, District 6 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Terry Gerratana Incumbent 64.60% 19,683
     Republican Charles Paonessa 35.40% 10,788
Total Votes 30,471
Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State


Incumbent Terry Gerratana defeated Sharon Beloin-Saavedra in the Connecticut State Senate District 6 Democratic primary.[6][7]

Connecticut State Senate, District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Terry Gerratana Incumbent 66.92% 2,425
     Democratic Sharon Beloin-Saavedra 33.08% 1,199
Total Votes 3,624


Charles Paonessa ran unopposed in the Connecticut State Senate District 6 Republican primary.

Connecticut State Senate, District 6 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles Paonessa  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Connecticut State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Connecticut State Senate consisted of a primary election on August 12, 2014, and a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 10, 2014. Incumbent Terry Gerratana was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[8][9][10]

2012

See also: Connecticut State Senate elections, 2012

Gerratana ran in the 2012 election for Connecticut State Senate District 6. Gerratana ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 14, 2012. She defeated Dwight F. Blint (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[11][12][13]

Connecticut State Senate, District 6, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTerry Gerratana Incumbent 72.1% 21,212
     Republican Dwight F. Blint 27.9% 8,211
Total Votes 29,423

2011

See also: State legislative special elections, 2011; Connecticut state legislative special elections, 2011

Gerratana defeated Tim Stewart (R) in the February 22, 2011 special election.[14][15]

Campaign finance summary

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Terry Gerratana campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018Connecticut State Senate District 6Won general$96,761 N/A**
2016Connecticut State Senate, District 6Won $196,189 N/A**
2014Connecticut State Senate, District 6Won $43,977 N/A**
2011Connecticut State Senate, District 6Won $77,995 N/A**
2000Connecticut State House, District 23Won $14,035 N/A**
1998Connecticut State House, District 23Won $0 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, the Connecticut General Assembly was in session from February 7 to May 9.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor policy.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


2012

Personal

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When she served in the state legislature, Gerratana was married to her husband, Frank. They had two children.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Connecticut Mirror, "Lamont hiring three senators, two House members," January 7, 2019
  2. ↑ The Berlin Citizen, "6th District candidate: Democrat Terry Gerratana"
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Terry Gerratana, "About," accessed July 27, 2016
  5. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of the State, "Election Night Reporting, 2016 General Election," accessed December 14, 2016
  6. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Primary election candidate list," accessed July 25, 2016
  7. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed August 9, 2016
  8. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed July 15, 2014
  9. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Official primary and general election results," accessed November 26, 2014
  10. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Official primary and general election results," accessed November 26, 2014
  11. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Candidate List," accessed June 18, 2012
  12. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results for 2012," August 14, 2012
  13. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Election Results 2012" accessed November 17, 2012
  14. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, Election Results
  15. ↑ Connecticut Mirror, "Democrats win 7 of 9 elections," February 22, 2011
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Preceded by
Donald DeFronzo (D) 		Connecticut State Senate - District 6
2011–2019 		Succeeded by
Gennaro Bizzarro (R)


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