Paul Robert Doyle (born April 30, 1963) is an American politician serving as a Democratic
state senator from
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
since 2007. A resident of
Wethersfield, Doyle represents the southern suburbs of
Hartford
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since t ...
in the Connecticut Senate, including the towns of
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...
,
Middletown,
Newington,
Rocky Hill, and Wethersfield.
Personal life
Doyle was born in Hartford and received a
B.A.
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...
in History from
Colby College
Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philant ...
and his
Juris Doctor from the
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...
. Prior to being elected in the Connecticut Senate, Doyle served on the Wethersfield Town Council and as a
Connecticut State Representative. In
2006, he ran for the Connecticut Senate for the first time and won.
Political career
Doyle often votes independently of his party. He was one of three Democrats to support Governor
M. Jodi Rell's plan for a
Three Strikes Law
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against career violent criminals. He was one of two Democrats to oppose the 2011
transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ...
rights bill, and was the only Democrat to vote against the
New Britain–Hartford Busway.
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
Official Senate website
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1963 births
Living people
Colby College alumni
Democratic Party Connecticut state senators
Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Politicians from Hartford, Connecticut
University of Connecticut School of Law alumni
21st-century American politicians
People from Wethersfield, Connecticut
20th-century American politicians