Joan V. Hartley is an American politician. A

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, she has been a state senator from

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since 2001. A resident of Middlebury, she represents all of

Waterbury Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut on the Naugatuck River, southwest of Hartford and northeast of New York City. Waterbury is the second-largest city in New Haven County, Connecticut. According to the 2020 US Census, in 202 ...

, the northern part of

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and the northeastern part Middlebury. Hartley was born in Waterbury and graduated from

Elms College The College of Our Lady of the Elms, often called Elms College, is a private Roman Catholic in Chicopee, Massachusetts. History The Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield co-founded Elms as a girls' preparatory academy in Pitt ...

and received a

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from

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. Prior to being elected to the Senate, Hartley served as a Connecticut state representative representing the 73rd District from 1984 to 2000. Hartley is generally considered one of the most conservative members of the Democratic caucus. She voted against redefining marriage as the legal union of two persons, guaranteeing equal protection under the law for same-sex couples. In 2011, Hartley and Paul Doyle were the only two Democrats to vote against

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rights legislation. In December 2008, Hartley was removed as the Chairwoman of the Higher Education Committee. In 2008, Hartley was one of three Democrats who supported Rell's proposal for a

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against career violent criminals. In 2009, Hartley was the only Democrat in the State Senate that did not vote to override Rell's veto of the Healthcare Partnership bill, thereby preventing the bill from becoming law.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartley, Joan Democratic Party Connecticut state senators Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Women state legislators in Connecticut Living people Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Politicians from Waterbury, Connecticut Year of birth missing (living people) Elms College alumni