Shawn Wooden | |
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| 83rdTreasurer of Connecticut | |
| In office January 9, 2019 – January 4, 2023 | |
| Governor | Ned Lamont |
| Preceded by | Denise Nappier |
| Succeeded by | Erick Russell |
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| Born | 1969 or 1970 (age 55–56) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Trinity College, Connecticut (BA) New York University (JD) |
Shawn T. Wooden is an American attorney and politician who served as thestate treasurer ofConnecticut between January 2019 and January 2023. Wooden previously served as a member of theHartford City Council.[1]
Wooden attendedTrinity College on a scholarship.[2] He earned hisJuris Doctor fromNew York University School of Law. After graduating from college and prior to attending law school, he worked forHartford MayorCarrie Saxon Perry.[3] He also served as Connecticut State Director for Project VOTE and worked for the AFL-CIO's Office of Investment in Washington, D.C.
Wooden was elected to the HartfordCity Council in 2011. With a one vote margin, his colleagues chose him to be City Council President in January 2012 and unanimously reelected him to the post in January 2014. While on the City Council, Wooden advocated for fiscal stability, economic development, local resident hiring, anti-violence initiatives and youth services programs. He ran for the second district seat in theConnecticut Senate in the 2014 elections,[1] but narrowly lost to long-term incumbentEric D. Coleman.[4] Wooden opted not to seek reelection in 2015.[5] He was apartner at the law firm ofDay Pitney where he worked for 21 years as an investment lawyer and led the firm's public pension fund investment practice.[6]
In the 2018 elections, Wooden ran forConnecticut State Treasurer. He won theDemocratic Party nomination,[7] and the general election, defeatingRepublican Thad Gray.[8] As state treasurer, Wooden developed a plan to divest $30 million in state funds from companies that make ammunition.[9]
Wooden announced that he would not run for reelection in the2022 Connecticut State Treasurer election.[10]
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forConnecticut State Treasurer 2018 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Treasurer of Connecticut 2019–2023 | Succeeded by |