Antonietta "Toni" Boucher is an American politician and former member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the 26th District and previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives representing the 143rd District.
18 Facts About Toni Boucher
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In November 2023, Boucher was elected as First Selectwoman of Wilton, Connecticut, succeeding First Selectwoman Lynn Vanderslice.
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Toni Boucher served as a member of the Connecticut State Board of Education, where she was chair of the state's policy and long-range planning committees.
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Toni Boucher served on the Wilton Board of Selectmen and the town of Wilton's Council on Public Facilities and Insurance Committees.
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Toni Boucher was active in the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
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Toni Boucher was active in the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education and the National Association of State Boards of Education; Wilton YMCA Expansion Fund; Board of the Wilton Youth Council's Project 94,96 and 2000; Technology Task Force ; Gifted Task Force ; and the Wilton Parent-Teacher Associations.
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From 1996 to 2008, Toni Boucher served six terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives.
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Toni Boucher was first elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in November 1996 from the 143rd District, which included the eastern portion of Norwalk and most of Wilton.
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Toni Boucher has continued to work on transportation-related issues, supporting the need to replenish the Highway Trust Fund.
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In 2010, Toni Boucher promoted a new law in Connecticut that would allow pet owners to leave a trust to their pets in order to care for the animals in case of their owner's death.
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Toni Boucher served as a director for Human Services Council.
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In 2013, Toni Boucher addressed the United Nations regarding Senate resolutions on Tibet.
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Toni Boucher won in the 2014 election over Democrat, Phil Sharlach.
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Toni Boucher serves as a deputy minority leader of the state senate.
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Toni Boucher is a ranking member of the state legislature's Education Committee and Higher Education Committee.
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Toni Boucher has been critical of the state's education record and recommended removing state education mandates and rewarding advanced students with scholarships.
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Toni Boucher has been critical of Governor Malloy's vetoes of education-related bills, one of which would have required applicants for state commissioner of education to have education-related experience and higher-learning degrees.
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On June 1,2017 Senator Toni Boucher announced that she was exploring a run for governor.