Timothy D. Larson (born December 12, 1958) is an American politician from Connecticut.

Early life and education

Larson was born on December 12, 1958, in East Hartford, Connecticut, to Raymond and Lois Pauline Larson. The youngest of eight children, one of Larson's brothers is politician John B. Larson. Larson was raised in

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and attended East Hartford High School, graduating in 1976.

Career

He served on the East Hartford Town Council from 1990 to 1992, and received the most votes in the 1991 East Hartford Town Council election, but did not contest the 1993 municipal election. Larson remained active in politics by helping his brother John run his gubernatorial campaign in 1994. Tim Larson later worked as assistant to East Hartford mayor Robert DeCrescenzo. When DeCrescenzo announced that he would not seek another term in office, both Larson and Henry Genga sought the mayoralty as Democrats. Larson accepted the endorsement of the local

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in July 1997, and defeated Genga in a primary that September. Larson then won the November general election against Republican Richard L. Mourey. Larson faced Bob Fortier in 1999, and won a third term against Susan Kniep in 2001. He remained mayor through 2005. Larson first sat on the Connecticut House of Representatives in 2008. He was reelected unopposed from the eleventh district in 2010, and defeated Thomas Ogar in 2012. In 2014, Larson ran for the Connecticut Senate seat from the third district. He retained his seat in 2016, winning 56.4% of the vote against Carolyn Streeter Mirek, deputy mayor of South Windsor. While Larson was reelected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 2018, he did not take office for his third term as State Senator, as he was named by Ned Lamont to head the Office of Higher Education despite having never worked in higher education. For ten years Larson also served as executive director of Tweed New Haven Airport.

References

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