State Senator

Martin M. Looney

Majority Leader

Chair: Executive & Legislative Nominations

Vice-Chair: Legislative Management

Member: Reapportionment

Representing New Haven & Hamden

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About Senator Looney

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Looney is in his fifth term as Senate Majority Leader of the General Assembly, having first been elected to that leadership post in 2003. He is also Chair of the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee and Vice Chair of the Legislative Management Committee. Since being elected to the State Senate in 1993, he has spent six years as Senate Chair of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee; Chairman of the Banks Committee, Vice-Chair of the Bonding Subcommittee, and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee.

During his tenure as State Representative, Looney was appointed an Assistant Majority Leader and served as Chairman of the Planning and Development Committee, the Government Administration and Elections Committee and the Appropriations Judicial Subcommittee, and as Vice-chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

In 1987, Senator Looney was selected as Legislator of the Year by the Caucus of Connecticut Democrats and following his first term in 1982 he was honored by the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women for his successful work as sponsor of legislation to provide tax credit incentives to employers who create on-site day care for the children of their employees. In 1993, the Connecticut Coalition Against Gun Violence honored Senator Looney for his efforts in helping to gain passage of Connecticut's historic assault weapon ban.

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Prior to his election to the General Assembly in 1980, Looney was a Public Information Aide to the Mayor of New Haven and taught English Literature and Composition as an adjunct faculty member at Quinnipiac College and the University of New Haven.

Senator Looney is a member of the Board of Directors of the Fair Haven Community Health Center and of Community Mediation, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of St. Rose of Lima School in New Haven and is a past parish trustee and past president of the Saint Rose Parish Council. In 1992, he was honored as the recipient of the National Catholic Elementary School Distinguished Graduate Award. In 1993, he was honored as an Alumni Knight of Honor by Notre Dame High School in West Haven.

Senator Looney is a graduate of Saint Rose School in New Haven, Notre Dame High School, and is a cum laude graduate of Fairfield University, where at commencement he was awarded Departmental Honors in English and Theology. He was selected as a National Woodrow Wilson Fellow for graduate study and earned a Master's Degree in English from the University of Connecticut.

He received his J.D. Degree in 1985 from the University of Connecticut School of Law and, since his admission to the Connecticut Bar in 1985, he has been engaged in the general practice of law. He is a partner in the law firm of Keyes, Looney, and Murphy in New Haven. He is also a practitioner in residence with the Criminal Justice Program in the Department of Public Safety & Security at the University of New Haven in West Haven and is an adjunct faculty member in the Political Science Department at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.

Senator Looney resides at 132 Fort Hale Road in New Haven with his wife, Ellen. Their son, Michael, an urban planner, is a 1998 graduate of Yale College who also holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Michael has a son, Mathew.

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End of Session 2012

May 10, 2012 — Senators Williams and Looney detail some of the Senate Democrats’ accomplishments during the 2012 legislative session.

Senate Bill 1: Growing CT Jobs

April 27, 2012 — The Senate Democrats announce the anticipated passage of Senate Bill 1, a comprehensive legislative proposal that focuses on growing jobs and improving the state’s economy.

Protecting the Public’s Right to Record the Police & Strengthening
Racial Profiling Laws

April 19, 2012 — Legislative leaders joined with Father James Manship, Pastor of Saint Rose de Lima Church of New Haven to announce that the state Senate will vote on two bills—one aimed at protecting a citizen’s right to record police officers—the other, strengthening Connecticut’s racial profiling law.