Toni Harp

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Toni N. Harp
Toni Harp

Connecticut Senator from the 10th District
In office
1993 – present
Preceded by Charles H. Allen III
Constituency represents New Haven, and West Haven

Born  ?
San Francisco, California
Political party Democratic
Spouse Wendell Harp
Residence New Haven

Toni Nathaniel Harp is an American politician. Harp, a Democrat, has been a state senator from Connecticut since 1993.

Harp, a resident of New Haven, represents the western half of the city as well as part of West Haven in the Connecticut Senate.

Harp was born in San Francisco and graduated from Roosevelt University and received a M.Ed. from Yale University. Prior to being elected in the Connecticut Senate, Harp served as a New Haven Alderman; she defeated incumbent Senator Charles H. Allen III for the Democratic nomination in 1992.

In 2007 Harp introduced a bill to have the state pay for free diapers for poor mothers. [1]

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  1. ^ WTNH.com, Connecticut News and Weather - Bill would help poor parents pay for diapers

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Preceded by
Charles H. Allen III
Connecticut Senator from the Tenth District
1993–present
Succeeded by
incumbent