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Vincent Candelora
Towns represented: Durham, East Haven, Guilford, North Branford
Vincent Candelora is the leader of the House Republican minority. He has been a member of the House, representing District 86, since 2007 and the GOP leader since 2021.
Candelora is a lawyer and business owner. His professional experience includes working as an employee at Taconic Wire, the owner and manager of the Connecticut Sportsplex, an attorney with Susman, Duffy and Segaloff, and a law clerk with Antoinette L. Dupont.
He is President of North Branford’s Chamber of Commerce, former Editor-in-Chief of the Dickinson Law Review of the North Branford Rotary Club, Saint Augustine Church, and Treasurer of the Republican Town Committee.
TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2007 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State House District 86 at a glance
Population
| Total population | 23,221 |
| Foreign-born population | 1,628 |
| Population under age 18 | 4,379 |
| Population ages 65+ | 4,760 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 6% |
| Percent white | 88% |
| Percent Black | 1% |
| Percent other race | 4% |
Housing
| Total households | 9,064 |
| Owner-occupied households | 8,074 |
| Homeownership rate | 89% |
| Cost-burdened households | 2,423 |
| Cost-burden rate | 27% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 23,136 |
| Population in poverty | 802 |
| Poverty rate | 3% |
| Low-income population | 2,861 |
| Low-income rate | 12% |
District data used with permission of DataHaven 2024 Connecticut State Legislative District Profiles. Legislator data used with permission of Ballotpedia. Have a correction or addition to report about this data? Email us.
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