Mary Mushinsky, longest-serving member of CT House, to retire

CT Mirror – Thursday, February 26, 2026
By Mark Pazniokas

Mary Mushinsky was a 29-year-old political organizer and public-interest lobbyist when she decided to take a more direct role in setting public policy in Connecticut by running for a seat in the General Assembly.

That was 1980.

A Democrat, she ran on the same ballot line as Jimmy Carter. He lost, and she won — 23 times, not counting primaries, a liberal prevailing every two years in the purplish 85th House District of Wallingford.

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