Richard Blumenthal
United States Senator from Connecticut
Incumbent
Assumed office January 5, 2011 Serving with Chris Murphy
Preceded by	Chris Dodd
23rd Attorney General of Connecticut
In office January 9, 1991 – January 5, 2011
Governor	Lowell Weicker John Rowland Jodi Rell
Preceded by	Clarine Riddle
Succeeded by	George Jepsen
Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 27th district
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991
Preceded by	Anthony Truglia
Succeeded by	George Jepsen
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 145th district
In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by	Anthony Truglia
Succeeded by	Nicholas Pavia
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-13) February 13, 1946 (age 78) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Cynthia Allison Malkin (1982–present)
Children	4
Residence	Greenwich, Connecticut[1]
Alma mater	Harvard University (AB) Trinity College, Cambridge Yale Law School (J.D.)
Signature
Website	Senate website
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1970–1976
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Richard Blumenthal (born February 13, 1946) is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. He has been in office since 2011. He served as Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Media related to Richard Blumenthal at Wikimedia Commons

• Senator Richard Blumenthal official U.S. Senate site
• Blumenthal for Senate Archived 2002-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Richard Blumenthal at the Open Directory Project
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Appearances at the Internet Movie Database
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Works by or about Richard Blumenthal in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Profile at Notable Names Database
• Profile at Ballotpedia

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