Originally sworn in on January 5, 2011, Richard Blumenthal is serving his second term as a United States Senator from the State of Connecticut.
With a father who fled Nazi Germany at age 18, and a mother who left Nebraska’s farmland to become a social worker, Richard Blumenthal was raised with a deep dedication to public service, a duty to give back by helping others, and a bedrock belief in hard work.
Those values carried him through his childhood and his education at Harvard College (Editorial Chairman The Harvard Crimson, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude), and Yale Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. To a year working as assistant to Daniel Patrick Moynihan when he was Assistant to the President of the United States. And to enlisting in the United States Marine Corps Reserves in 1970. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant in 1976.
Senator Blumenthal is committed to fighting for true justice and equality for all Americans. He maintains an unwavering belief that everyone should enjoy equal treatment under the law, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, age, or zip code. Senator Blumenthal has championed a wide range of legislation affirming Americans’ civil rights, including bills that combat racial profiling, prohibit discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, and further the right to privacy.