Hwang, Anthony T.

First took office January 2009
Term ends January 2013

State Rep. Anthony T. Hwang

R, 134th District

Hwang, Tony

Contact:

Tony.Hwang@cga.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8700

Education:

B.A., Cornell University

Committees:

Government Administration and Election (ranking member), Appropriations, Environment

District Town(s):

Fairfield, Trumbull

Occupation:

Owner, residential real estate agency

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2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

$31,185. Hwang participated in the state's public campaign financing program.

General Election Results:

Tony Hwang (R)6,364(67%)
Michael Murren (D)3,141(33.1%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

Hwang was one of the few bright spots in 2008 for a House Republican caucus that shrank from 44 to 37 seats in the 151-member House. In a big Democratic year, he seized back a traditionally Republican seat that the GOP lost in 2006.

Background

Hwang moved to the U.S. from Taiwan as a 9-year-old. His family settled in upstate New York and ran a restaurant in Syracuse.

He is only the second Asian-American member of the General Assembly.

Financial Disclosure

Hwang reported income from his business, Whitfield Homes, and from Greens Farm Academy. He and his wife, Grace T. Hwang, own a home in Fairfield.He reported owning stock in Garmin, General Electric, IBM, iShare and Proctor & Gamble.Hwang filed a confidential addendum listing any debts exceeding $10,000. He declined to release the addendum, as is his choice under the law.A note on financial disclosure: Every spring, officials are required to disclose the ownership of real estate, the source of any income exceeding $1,000 in the previous calendar year and securities worth more than $5,000. They also are required to file an addendum in which they report any debt of more than $10,000; this may by law be kept confidential.

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