Gary A. Franks

A Representative from Connecticut. Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. , February 9, 1953. B. A. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1975. Member of the Waterbury County, Conn. , board of aldermen, 1986-1990. Unsuccessful candidate for comptroller of Connecticut in 1986. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Second and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 1997). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1998.