Len Fasano

Len Fasano is a Republican member of the Connecticut Senate, representing the 34th District since 2003. Senator Fasano was sworn in as Senate Republican President Pro Tempore in January 2017. Under the new leadership role Senator Fasano will lead a Republican caucus with considerably more control over the Senate's agenda than in previous years as a result of a power sharing agreement negotiated after Republicans gained three seats in the Connecticut Senate, creating a tie for the first time since 1893. Previously, he had served as the Senate Minority Leader since 2015.
Fasano has been the State Senator for the 34th Senate District since 2003, representing the suburbs of New Haven in the Connecticut Senate, including the towns of Durham (part), East Haven, North Haven (part), and Wallingford.

Fasano graduated from Hamden Hall Country Day School in 1977. He earned his B.S. from Yale University in 1981, a J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 1984, and a LL.M. in taxation from Boston University School of Law in 1985.

Fasano is a tax attorney, and partner with Fasano, Ippolito, Lee & Florentine with offices in New Haven and Branford. He also owns Silver Sands Beach and Tennis Club in East Haven, Connecticut.

Fasano was elected in 2002, 50% to 48%. He was Minority Whip from 2003-2004, Assistant Minority Leader from 2005-2006, Deputy Minority Leader from 2007 to 2008, Minority Leader Pro Tem from 2009-2014, Minority Leader since 2014, and Senate Republican President Pro Tempore since 2017.

Fasano was unopposed for reelection in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. In 2012, he defeated former state representative Steve Fontana, 58% to 42%. He was unopposed for reelection in 2014 and 2016.

2005 Civil Racketeering Fine - In 2005, a federal jury ordered Fasano to pay $500,000 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), for illegally helping a client hide their assets in a bankruptcy case.

2015 Chris Healy Hiring - In December 2014, Fasano appointed former state Republican Chair Chris Healy as a senior advisor to the State Senate Republicans. Healy was described as an unindicted co-conspirator in the prosecution of Lisa Wilson-Foley. The hiring was condemned by Farmington Republican and former FBI agent Mike Clark, who ran against, and lost to, Wilson-Foley for the Republican nomination for Congress in 2010.

2016 Caucus Website - In 2016, it was reported that the Senate Republican Caucus had hired a former state employee in 2012 living in Texas to manage the Senate Republican website, at the same time this former employee was managing the campaign websites of Republican senators. Fasano said he was confident that the contractor upheld the separation between his contract and campaign work, but also told the contractor to stop performing campaign consulting jobs for Connecticut Senate Caucus members to remove any appearance of impropriety.

Fasano and his wife Jill have three adult children, all graduates of Hamden Hall Country Day School. He is a founder of the East Haven Land Trust, and a Trustee of Hamden Hall Country Day School.