41 Facts About Dannel Malloy

Dannel Patrick Malloy is an American politician, who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019.

Dannel Malloy began his career as an assistant district attorney in New York in 1980 before moving back to Stamford and entering private practice.

Dannel Malloy served on the Stamford board of finance from 1984 to 1994 before being elected Mayor of Stamford.

Dannel Malloy served four terms as mayor from December 1995 to December 2009.

Dannel Malloy ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Connecticut in 2006, losing the Democratic primary to John DeStefano, Jr.

Rell did not run for reelection, and Malloy faced former United States Ambassador to Ireland Thomas C Foley in the general election, defeating him by fewer than 6,500 votes.

Dannel Malloy was reelected in a rematch with Foley in 2014, increasing his margin of victory to over 28,000 votes.

Dannel Malloy was succeeded in office by Democrat Ned Lamont on January 9,2019.

Dannel Patrick Malloy was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut, the seventh of seven sons and youngest of the eight children of Agnes Veronica, a nurse, and William Francis Malloy.

Dannel Malloy is of Irish descent and was raised as a Catholic.

Dannel Malloy did not learn to tie his shoes until the fifth grade.

Dannel Malloy eventually was diagnosed with dyslexia and learned the skills necessary to succeed academically.

Dannel Malloy was a partner in the Stamford law firm of Abate and Fox from 1984 to 1995.

Dannel Malloy served on the Stamford Board of Finance from 1983 to 1994.

Dannel Malloy wrote a blog known as "The Blog That Works", since deleted, until mid-January 2010.

In 2004, Dannel Malloy was the first candidate to announce his bid for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of Connecticut.

On February 3,2009, Dannel Malloy officially filed paperwork with Connecticut's State Elections Enforcement Commission to form a gubernatorial exploratory committee, and subsequently announced that he did not intend to seek re-election as Mayor of Stamford.

On March 9,2010, Dannel Malloy filed the required paperwork to officially run for governor.

Dannel Malloy's choice was confirmed by the Democratic nominating convention on May 22, and Wyman became the official 2010 Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor when she defeated primary opponent Mary Glassman on August 10.

On March 28,2014, Dannel Malloy announced his intention to seek a second term.

Dannel Malloy was sworn in as the 88th Governor of Connecticut on January 5,2011, succeeding Republican Governor Jodi Rell.

The first task facing Dannel Malloy upon taking office was addressing a multibillion-dollar deficit as a result of the prior state budget enacted by the Democratic super-majority-controlled legislature which Rell chose to accept without signing.

Dannel Malloy adopted what he called an agenda of "shared sacrifice" which was dependent on increases in various taxes, including the income tax, the gas tax, the sales tax, and the estate tax, as well as $1 billion each year in union concessions.

Dannel Malloy chose not to reduce aid to municipalities as part of his budget agenda, although such aid would have been jeopardized if labor concessions were not reached.

Many of Dannel Malloy's proposed tax increases were unpopular, despite a statewide "listening tour" to promote the budget.

In June 2011, Dannel Malloy signed a bill that decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Connecticut became the 17th state to legalize medical marijuana on June 1,2012, after Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law.

In December 2016, Dannel Malloy publicly stated that he opposed the legalization of recreational marijuana in Connecticut and that he would not support legislative efforts at legalization.

Dannel Malloy praised the Transgender Rights Bill HB 6599 and promised he would sign it into law.

On September 21,2011, Dannel Malloy issued Executive Orders 9 and 10, which would allow the Service Employees International Union to unionize day care workers subsidized through Care 4 Kids and personal care attendants under Medicaid waivers by redefining these employees as state employees for collective bargaining purposes.

Dannel Malloy responded that these workers, whom he described as being among the hardest working and lowest paid, deserved the opportunity to collectively bargain if they wished to do so.

Dannel Malloy, who has long campaigned against capital punishment, signed a bill to repeal the state's death penalty on April 25,2012.

Dannel Malloy was in the process of having Connecticut be the first state in the nation to raise the age of being within the juvenile system from 18 to 21 via the Second Chance initiative.

Also in May 2012, Dannel Malloy signed a bill that expanded voting rights in Connecticut, allowing for same-day voter registration.

In December 2015, Dannel Malloy announced he would issue an executive order to prohibit anyone on federal terrorist watchlists from obtaining the permits required to acquire firearms in Connecticut.

On June 7,2013, Dannel Malloy signed a bill that allows all residents of Connecticut, including illegal immigrants, to apply for a driver's license.

Dannel Malloy called it a public safety issue that "needs to be addressed".

The Federal Emergency Management Agency gave the state over $283 million in the 6 months following the hurricane and in August 2013, Dannel Malloy announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development was giving another $71.8 million.

Dannel Malloy was unanimously chosen by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees to be its Chancellor on May 30,2019, with his service beginning on July 1.

In 2022, Dannel Malloy withheld information on a prior campus faculty vote of "No Confidence" for the replacement president hired at University of Maine Augusta, and presided over the layoff of nine tenure-rank faculty positions at University of Maine at Farmington.

Cathy Dannel Malloy is the chief executive officer of the Greater Hartford Arts Council.