Eric Dean Coleman (born May 26, 1951) is a
Democratic politician in the
United States
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. He served as
state senator of
Connecticut's 2nd District, representing Bloomfield, Hartford, and Windsor. He served as a state representative from 1983 to 1994, and held the position of Deputy President Pro Tempore in the Connecticut Senate.
Coleman is a graduate of
Pomfret School
Pomfret School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory boarding and day school in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States, serving 350 students in grades 9 through 12 and post-graduates. Located in the Pomfret Street Historic District, ...
,
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
, and the
University of Connecticut School of Law
The University of Connecticut School of Law (UConn Law) is the law school associated with the University of Connecticut and located in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. In ...
.
In 2001, he became the first
African-American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ensl ...
to chair the Judiciary Committee, and now held the chairmanship of the Planning and Development Committee.
Coleman resigned from the Senate in 2017, and was subsequently nominated and then confirmed as a Superior Court judge in 2018.
On November 30, 2022, Coleman announced that he would run for
Mayor of Hartford in
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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, following mayor
Luke Bronin
Luke Aaron Bronin (born June 30, 1979) is an American politician and lawyer who is the 67th and current Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, since January 1, 2016.
He previously served as general counsel for the Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy. ...
's decision to retire.
He lost in the Democratic primary to
Arunan Arulampalam.
See also
*
Connecticut 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. Sen ...
References
External links
State Senate Democrats - Eric D. ColemanEric Coleman's bills introducesEric Coleman at Vote Smart
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Democratic Party Connecticut state senators
1951 births
Living people
Columbia University alumni
University of Connecticut School of Law alumni
African-American state legislators in Connecticut
People from Bloomfield, Connecticut
Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
21st-century American legislators
Pomfret School alumni
21st-century African-American politicians
20th-century African-American people
21st-century Connecticut politicians