State Rep. Larry Cafero Won't Seek Re-election

Larry Cafero of Norwalk, the minority leader in the Connecticut House of Representatives, has announced he won't seek re-election to his seat this year.

"The only motivation one needs to serve is a desire to make the little piece of the world they live in a better place,” Cafero wrote in a letter to the editor to The Hour, according to the newspaper. “Only time and others will judge whether I accomplished that goal in my years of service, but it has been an absolute privilege and honor to serve.”

Cafero has been a state representative since he was first elected in 1992 to his seat representing the 142nd District, which covers the northern and most of the western sides of the city.

A lifelong resident of Norwalk, he served on the Board of Education for six years and was chairman when he was elected to the House of Representatives, according to his statehouse website.


A graduate of Norwalk High School, Cafero earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Connecticut and his law degree from Western New England College School of Law. He is a partner in the Hartford  law firm of Brown, Rudnick. Cafero is also the expulsion hearing officer for Norwalk Public Schools.

Cafero lives in Norwalk with his wife Barbara and has three children -- Jacqueline, Christopher, and Nicholas.

"It will be tough not seeing Larry around the Capitol. I've learned a lot by working together and from watching him. There are few people with his keen political skill, institutional knowledge and amazing sense of humor."