Sam Caligiuri

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name = Sam S.F. Caligiuri
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birth_date = 1966
birth_place = Waterbury, Connecticut
residence = Waterbury
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office = Connecticut Senator from the 16th District
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term_start = 2007
term_end = present
predecessor = Christopher Murphy
successor = Incumbent
party = Republican
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constituency = represents Cheshire, Southington, Waterbury, and Wolcott
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spouse = Lori Caligiuri
children = two children
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Sam S.F. Caligiuri (born 1966) is a Connecticut politician and lawyer. In November 2006 he was elected to the Connecticut State Senate to represent the 16th District, which comprises the eastern half of Waterbury as well as the city's eastern suburbs of Cheshire, Southington, and Wolcott.

A native of Waterbury, he is a partner with the Hartford office of Day Pitney, Connecticut's largest law firm. He received a B.A. from Boston College, a Master's from Yale University, and a Juris Doctor degree from Catholic University of America School of Law. His law practice is focused on public finance.

Caligiuri served as Deputy Legal Counsel to former Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland during Rowland's first term, before entering private practice prior to Rowland's landslide re-election in 1998 over then-Congresswoman Barbara Bailey Kennelly. He then ran for Alderman in Waterbury and had been serving as President of the Waterbury Board of Aldermen when he was called upon to succeed Mayor Philip Giordano upon Giordano's arrest on charges of illegal conduct with children. Under the City's Charter, the President of the Board of Aldermen becomes the Acting Mayor of the City when the sitting Mayor becomes incapacitated. Caligiuri became the Acting Mayor when Giordano was arrested. Caligiuri swung into action immediately to restore confidence. He selected a chief of staff and put a plan in place to lead Waterbury through this difficult period. Caligiuri took a leave of absence from his law practice and served full-time for the remainder of his predecessor's term, which ended on December 31 2001.

Caligiuri's 2006 state senate victory was a rare bright spot for Connecticut's Republicans taking a previously Democratic seat. The departing incumbent from the 16th District, Democrat Chris Murphy, was vacating the seat to successfully challenge incumbent Republican Congresswoman Nancy Johnson.

Caligiuri was the lone Republican in the legislature to vote against the final version of the 2007-2008 state budget. He opposed exceeding the state's constitutional spending cap. [http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ap-budget-deal-0625,0,355293.story?coll=hc-headlines-local]

In July 2007 Caligiuri demanded a moratorium on further paroles in Connecticut following the horrific home invasion murders of the Petit family by two paroled convicts. Investigation by the Hartford Courant revealed irregularities in the Connecticut parole process [http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hc-suspects0727.artjul27,0,279716.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout] In September 2007, Governor M. Jodi Rell announced a moratorium on the parole of violent offenders [http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hc-noparole-0921,0,3863424.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout] On January 22, 2008 a special session was held which passed laws declaring home invasion a Class A felony and reforming the parole board. Caligiuri was the prime sponsor of a proposed Three Strikes Law in Connecticut, which was not adopted in the special session.

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* [http://www.samforsenate06.com/about/ Official Website]
* [http://www.dbh.com/attorney.asp?key=3042 DBH.com]
* [http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15670001 N.H. Register]
* [http://www.newstimeslive.com/news/story.php?id=1022263 Newstimeslive.com]
* [http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=14842&p=0 Caligiuri biodata]

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*Connecticut Senate

External links

* [http://www.senaterepublicans.ct.gov/senainfo/caligiuri.htm Official website]