LeGeyt, Timothy B.
District towns: Canton, Avon
Election history: Tim LeGeyt won an open seat in 2008, succeeding three-term Republican Kevin Witkos, who ran for the state Senate. The Democrat was cross-endorsed by the Working Families Party.
2008 general election
Timothy B. LeGeyt (R) 7,331 54 percent Brett Eisenlohr (D) 6,306 46 percent Brett Eisenlohr (WF) 145 1 percent
2008 Republican primary
Timothy B. LeGeyt 625 53 percent Thomas F. Harrison 554 47 percent
Public financing: LeGeyt qualified for public financing: $9,409.02, primary; $25,000, general. He returned $3,468.10 to the state. His primary and general-election opponents also received public financing.
Noted: A teacher in Canton since 1977, LeGeyt entered elective politics in 2005, winning a seat on the Board of Selectman. After earning a law degree in 1988, he became a director and secretary of a local bank, the Collinsville Savings Society.
Committees: Education, Finance, Public Health
Education: University of Hartford; B.S., Central Connecticut State University; J.D., Western New England College
Occupation: Teacher, Canton schools; lawyer and bank secretary, Collinsville Savings Bank
2008 Financial Disclosure: LeGeyt reported outside income from the Canton schools and Collinsville Savings Society.
He and his wife, Carolyn LeGeyt, owned no securities worth more than $5,000.
They reported owing more than $10,000 to Simsbury Bank and Trust.
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.
Canton! Avon
University of Hartford! B.S., Central Connecticut State University! J.D., Western New England College
Teacher, Canton schools! lawyer and bank secretary, Collinsville Savings Bank
Public Health! Higher Education and Employement Advancement (Ranking)! Education
A teacher in Canton since 1977, LeGeyt entered elective politics in 2005, winning a seat on the Board of Selectman. After earning a law degree in 1988, he became a director and secretary of a local bank, the Collinsville Savings Society.
Tim LeGeyt won an open seat in 2008, succeeding three-term Republican Kevin Witkos, who ran for the state Senate. In the 2010 election he won 64 percent of the votes against Avon town committee chairman and lawyer Chris Gaffney.
Timothy B LeGeyt! Chris Gaffney
