Senate Republican Leader Fasano Won’t Seek Re-Election: Reports

NORTH HAVEN, CT — State Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, of North Haven, is not seeking re-election to a 10th term in the 34th District, which includes Durham, East Haven, North Haven and Wallingford, according to multiple reports.

The Hartford Courant reports Fasano, 61, told the Republican town committees in his district of his plans and the news broke within the state political scene faster than expected. Fasano, along with State Rep. Themis Klarides of Derby, has become the face of the Republican Party at the state Capitol during various clashes with then Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and current Gov. Ned Lamont.

Fasano was first elected to his seat in 2003 and has served as leader of the Senate Republican Caucus since 2014.

Fasano has been committed to “making state government more cost-effective and efficient,” reads a post on his State Senate Republicans page. “He rallied bipartisan support to implement a spending cap, after decades of attempts by lawmakers to define the cap approved over 25 years ago. He also championed a bonding cap and volatility cap to reduce state debt and create more stability in state finances.”

He has been named a “Children’s Champion” by the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance and has proposed legislation to reform the state’s child welfare agency to better protect, monitor and support the children in its care. Fasano is the co-creator of the Bipartisan Round Table on Hospitals and Health Care, established in 2014 in partnership with Senate President Martin Looney to help ensure continued access to affordable quality care in Connecticut.

Fasano is the President and Founder of Fasano, Ippolito, Lee, & Florentine, a law firm with offices in New Haven and Branford. He is also an East Haven business owner. Fasano earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from Yale University in 1981, a Juris Doctorate from Quinnipiac Law School in 1984, and an L.L.M. Degree in Taxation from Boston University Law School in 1985. He played football at Yale under legendary coach, Carm Cozza.

Read more at the Hartford Courant here.