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Following a tenure in the State House, Joe Courtney was elected to represent Eastern Connecticut in the House in 2006.
Courtney, one of the most bipartisan Democrats in the House, won his Congressional seat by the razor-thin margin of only 83 votes. While in office, he has focused on reducing costs for middle class families and ending gun violence. Courtney has served on the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Before serving in the House of Representatives, Joe Courtney represented the citizens of Vernon in the Connecticut General Assembly from 1987 to 1994. During his tenure, then-state Rep. Courtney served as house chairman for both the Public Health and Human Services Committees.
Congressman Courtney is a 1975 graduate of Tufts University in Boston. He earned a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1978.
