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  Kennelly, Barbara Bailey
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NameBarbara Bailey Kennelly
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Hartford, Connecticut , United States
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Born July 10, 1936 (87 years)
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InfoKENNELLY, Barbara Bailey, a Representative from Connecticut; born Barbara Ann Bailey, in Hartford, Conn., July 10, 1936; attended St. Joseph Cathedral School; graduated from Mount St. Joseph Academy, West Hartford, 1954; B.A., Trinity College, Washington, D.C., 1958; certificate in business administration, Harvard Business School, 1959; M.A., Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1971; member, Hartford Court of Common Council, 1975-1979; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1979-1982; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh Congress, by special election, January 12, 1982, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William R. Cotter; reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from January 12, 1982, to January 3, 1999; was not a candidate in 1998 for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Connecticut.



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Husband James J. "Jim" Kennelly 00, 0000-Oct 11, 1995
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Father John Moran Bailey 1904-1975

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  11/03/1998 CT Governor Lost 35.44% (-27.46%)
  11/05/1996 CT District 1 Won 73.55% (+48.60%)
  11/00/1996 Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1994 CT District 1 Won 73.53% (+48.85%)
  11/00/1994 Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Won 50.82% (+1.64%)
  11/03/1992 CT District 1 Won 67.12% (+36.52%)
  11/06/1990 CT District 1 Won 71.40% (+42.81%)
  06/21/1989 Democratic Caucus Chair Lost 33.20% (-33.60%)
  11/08/1988 CT District 1 Won 77.24% (+54.49%)
  11/04/1986 CT District 1 Won 74.19% (+48.80%)
  11/06/1984 CT District 1 Won 61.73% (+23.78%)
  11/02/1982 CT District 1 Won 68.13% (+36.92%)
  01/11/1982 CT District 1- Special Election Won 58.77% (+17.54%)
  11/07/1978 CT Secretary of State Won 57.50% (+15.00%)
  11/08/1977 Hartford City Council Won 13.38% (+1.08%)
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