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Edwin Gomes

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Won the General, 2016 Connecticut State Senate District 23

Former Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate

Quick Facts
  • Full Name:
    Edwin 'Ed' A. Gomes
  • Gender:
    Male
  • Birth Date:
    1936
  • Birth Place:
    New Bedford, MA
  • Home City:
    Bridgeport, CT
  • Family:
    Married; 6 Children; Eleven Grandchildren; Five Great-Grandchildren. Grandchildren
Personal Details

Professional Experience

  • International Representative, United Steelworkers of America, District 1, 1977-1998
  • Laborer/Annealer, Carpenter Steel, 1963-1977
  • United States Army, Korea, 1958-1963

Political Experience

  • International Representative, United Steelworkers of America, District 1, 1977-1998
  • Laborer/Annealer, Carpenter Steel, 1963-1977
  • United States Army, Korea, 1958-1963
  • Former Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate
  • Former Assistant Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate
  • Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 23, 2005-2012; 2015-2019
  • Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2017-2019
  • Candidate, Connecticut State Senate, District 23, 2012
  • Member, Bridgeport City Council, 1983-1989, 1999-2005
  • Won Special Election, Senator, Connecticut State Senate, November 14, 2005

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Vice Chair, Aging Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Internship Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Labor and Public Employees Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Public Safety and Security Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Regulation Review Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Veterans Affairs Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • International Representative, United Steelworkers of America, District 1, 1977-1998
  • Laborer/Annealer, Carpenter Steel, 1963-1977
  • United States Army, Korea, 1958-1963
  • Former Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate
  • Former Assistant Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate
  • Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 23, 2005-2012; 2015-2019
  • Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2017-2019
  • Candidate, Connecticut State Senate, District 23, 2012
  • Member, Bridgeport City Council, 1983-1989, 1999-2005
  • Won Special Election, Senator, Connecticut State Senate, November 14, 2005
  • Member, Bridgeport Black Democratic Club
  • Founding Member, Bridgeport First
  • Vice President/Board Member, Connecticut American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • Board Member, Connecticut Citizen Action Group
  • Member, Connecticut Federation of Black Democratic Clubs
  • Founding Member, Education First
  • Chair, School Building Committee
  • Member, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, 1977-1998
  • Member, Local 2215, United Steelworkers of America, 1963-1998
  • Civil Rights Coordinator, United Steel Workers of America, District 1, 1977-1998
  • Attendee, March for Jobs and Freedom, 1963

Other Info

  • Eleven Grandchildren; Five Great-Grandchildren.

Speeches

Governor Malloy: Small Business Must Lead the Way in Job Creation
Apr. 13, 2012Press Release
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Governor Malloy: Small Business Program Assists Expansion & Job Growth
Mar. 27, 2012Press Release
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Gov. Malloy: Commitment to Affordable Housing Most Significant in Decades
Feb. 1, 2012Press Release
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