Matthew Delis Ritter is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from

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. He is currently the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives and represents the

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Personal life

Ritter was born in

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. His father Thomas D. Ritter is a lawyer, lobbyist, and career politician who rose to be the Speaker of the House of the Connecticut House of Representatives, his mother Christine E. Keller is a Judge. He attended

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from 2000 to 2004 and the

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Business career

In 2007 Matthew Ritter took a job with Hartford law firm Shipman and Goodwin. He is currently a Partner specializing in public finance, municipal law and election law.

Political career

He spent three years on the Hartford City Council prior to his election to the State Assembly, while on the Council he chaired the Planning & Economic Development and Legislative Affairs committees. In 2010, Ritter defeated incumbent Kenneth Green in the Democratic primary 1,153 votes to 1,151 votes. He won election to the heavily Democratic 1st assembly district in a three-way race defeating

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Kenneth Lerman and

Connecticut for Lieberman Connecticut for Lieberman was a Connecticut political party created by twenty-five supporters of Senator Joe Lieberman. The party was created to enable Lieberman to run for re-election following his defeat in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic prim ...

candidate Emanuel L. Blake. Ritter became the Majority Leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives on January 9, 2013. In 2017, he defeated Republican challenger Ken Lerman 92% to 8%. Ritter is the Vice chair of the General Assembly's Legislative Management Committee.

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