Denise Merrill, the incoming secretary of the state, announced Rep. James F. Spallone, D-Essex, today as her choice to be deputy secretary of the state.

Spallone is the co-chairman of the government administration and elections committee, the legislative panel that considers election-related legislation.

He is an attorney who was elected to the House in 2000 and re-elected five times.

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Mark PazniokasCapitol Bureau Chief

Mark is the Capitol Bureau Chief and a co-founder of CT Mirror. He is a frequent contributor to WNPR, a former state politics writer for The Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer, and contributor for The New York Times.

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