Bob Godfrey

Bob Godfrey is the Connecticut state representative serving the General Assembly’s 110th District in Danbury. Now in his 19th term in the House of Representatives, he has a leadership role as Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore, and is a member of the Judiciary, Executive and Legislative Nominations as Vice-Chair, Regulations Review, and Legislative Management Committees. Godfrey was one of Connecticut’s 7 presidential electors in 2016 for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Godfrey serves in a national leadership role as a past chairman of the Council of State Governments, a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing state officials in all three branches of state government. Since his first election in 1988, he has been recognized as an impassioned advocate for many legislative initiatives. He is particularly proud of: 1990’s Kids and Guns Act for which he was named Champion of Children by the Connecticut Coalition for Children; 1993’s Assault Weapons Ban for which he was named Legislator of the Year by the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association; 1996’s constitutional amendment guaranteeing protections for victims of crime; His personal advocacy for working families for which the…