Tony Hwang

Tony Hwang (simplified Chinese: 黄涛; traditional Chinese: 黃濤; pinyin: Huáng Tāo; born 1964) is a residential real estate agent for Coldwell Banker and serves as the State Representative for the 134th District (parts of Fairfield and Trumbull, CT) in the Connecticut General Assembly. State Rep. Hwang became a State Representative in 2008 and won re-election in 2010 and 2012. State Rep. Hwang serves as the Republican ranking member of the Legislature’s Government Administration and Elections Committee. He also serves on the Insurance and Real Estate and the Public Safety and Security Committees.

In April 2014, State Rep. Hwang announced he would run for the 28th State Senate District. His Democratic opponent is 133rd District State Rep. Kim Fawcett. State Rep. Hwang has been endorsed by current State Senator John McKinney. Senator McKinney vacated the Senate seat in order to run for governor, but subsequently lost in the Republican primary to Tom Foley.

Biography

Hwang was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan after his parents fled the communist government in mainland China as teenagers and re-settled in Taiwan. The family emigrated to Watertown, New York when Hwang was approximately 9 years old. His family’s first residence in this country was in a federally subsidized housing project until his family moved to Syracuse, NY approximately 3 years later. Hwang began his education in the US, not able to speak or read the English language. In fact, Hwang started in remedial English as a 2nd language (ESL) curriculum during his initial years in America. It was through the inspirations and motivation of his parents and the caring and counsel of great teachers that Hwang succeeded academically by graduating from Corcoran High School in the Syracuse Public School system and later from Cornell University with a B.S. Degree in Labor Relations and Organizational Behavior.