18 Facts About Mark Boughton

Mark D Boughton was born on February 20,1964 and is an American politician who was the longest-serving mayor in Danbury, Connecticut's history.

Mark Boughton served ten consecutive terms as mayor, from 2001 to 2020.

Mark Boughton was the Republican endorsed candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2018, but lost the primary election to Bob Stefanowski.

In 2020, Governor Ned Lamont nominated Boughton to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services.

Mark Boughton went on to receive a master's degree in educational psychology from Western Connecticut State University, where he was on the Alumni Board of Directors.

Mark Boughton was in the United States Army Reserve from 1983 to 1989 where he achieved the rank of Sergeant.

Mark Boughton began teaching Social Studies at Danbury High School in 1987.

Mark Boughton was a member of the Danbury Planning Commission from 1995 to 1998.

Mark Boughton began his political career as a State Representative for the 138th District of Connecticut in 1998.

Mark Boughton was elected to a second term as a State Representative in 2000 before being elected mayor in 2001.

Mark Boughton achieved a perfect voting record in the General Assembly and was a member of the Education Committee and ranking member of the Environment Committee.

In interviews afterwards, Mark Boughton stated that ICE had acted alone, and that the City of Danbury played no part in the arrests.

In January 2013, Mayor Mark Boughton announced a program that allows residents to obtain savings on prescriptions that are not covered under their current insurance plans.

On 22 August 2020, Mayor Mark Boughton announced he was renaming the sewage treatment plant in Danbury to the "John Oliver Memorial Sewage Treatment Plant", after television presenter John Oliver after Oliver attacked Danbury on his previous show.

In 2010, after a failed attempt to gain the Connecticut Republican gubernatorial nomination, Mark Boughton aligned with incumbent Lt.

The resultant Foley-Mark Boughton ticket lost the general election to Democrats Dannel Malloy and Nancy Wyman by 6,404 votes out of 1.15 million votes cast.

In November 2016, Mark Boughton formed an exploratory committee to run for governor in 2018.

On December 10,2020, Governor Ned Lamont nominated Mark Boughton to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services to succeed Acting Commissioner John Biello.