Mary Mushinsky | |
State House: | Connecticut |
District: | 85th |
Term Start: | January 7, 1981 |
Predecessor: | Michael S. Kraskowski |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1951 |
Birth Place: | New Haven, Connecticut |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | Southern Connecticut State University (BA) Wesleyan University (MA) |
Mary Mushinsky (born October 7, 1951) is an American politician who has served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 85th district since 1981.[1] [2]
In 1992, she was awarded the Sierra Club Distinguished Service Award, which honors persons in public service for strong and consistent commitment to conservation. Mushinsky was a member of the Environment Committee and in 1990, as chair of that committee, Mushinsky introduced a bill that is believed to be the first bill passed in the United States to use the term climate change.[3] [4] [5] During the 2021-2022 session, she is serving as a deputy speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives.[6]