Brian Becker is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

, where he represented the 19th Assembly District, which consists of portions of

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, Avon, and

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. A graduate of Hall High School in West Hartford, Becker attended the

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, where he received a bachelor's degree in economics and history. He then went on to attend

Boston University School of Law Boston University School of Law (Boston Law or BU Law) is the law school of Boston University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top law schools in the United States and considered an eli ...

, where he earned his J.D. Becker first ran for the

in 2010, when then-Representative Beth Bye declined to seek reelection and instead ran for the

Connecticut State Senate The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 99,280 inhabitants. Sena ...

. Becker defeated

Board of Education member Terry Schmitt in the August 10 Democratic primary, and went on to defeat

Town Councilor Denise Berard Hall in the general election. Becker has since been reelected in 2012 and 2014. In 2016, Becker announced his retirement from the legislature.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Brian Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Jewish American state legislators in Connecticut Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives People from West Hartford, Connecticut University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences alumni Boston University School of Law alumni Connecticut lawyers 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American Jews