Lino Costantini Announces State Rep Run

TRUMBULL, CT- Police Commissioner Lino Costantini announced he will run for the 123rd house district seat.

He has spent 20 years on the Trumbull Police Commission and was a town council member from 1983 to 1992. He was nominated in a convention earlier this month for the Democrat spot on the ballot.

The district's incumbent is State Rep. David Rutigliano.

“Like a majority of the residents of Connecticut, I am disappointed and frustrated with our inability to pass progressive legislation,” Costantini said. “The people I speak to in my district are upset and so am I. I hope to make a difference."

Costantini’s background is as a toolmaker, a trade he worked while attending night school. In 1982, he co-founded Hamden Tool & Die Company, a precision tool company that built molds for the plastics industry. After building that company, he founded Hamden Medical Co. He holds two patents with the U.S. Patent Office for creating medical devices used for the treatment of prostate cancer.

Costantini served as president of both companies for 28 years before selling the medical company in 2008. He retired in 2014.

He is a native of Italy and moved to Trumbull in 1977.