Biagio "Ben" DiLieto (November 25, 1922 – November 8, 1999) was

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, from 1980 to 1989, serving as the city's 26th mayor. DiLieto was

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in New Haven from 1970 to 1976.Nick Ravo
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'', March 29, 1989 He first ran for nomination for mayor in 1977, when he narrowly lost the Democratic

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to the incumbent, Frank Logue. He ran again in 1979, defeating Logue in the primary and winning election in November.Frank Donner (1992),
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', University of California Press, , page 328. He was re-elected four times, serving five two-year terms before he declined to run for re-election in 1989.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:DiLieto, Biagio Mayors of New Haven, Connecticut 1922 births 1999 deaths American people of Italian descent 20th-century American politicians