Ella Grasso, elected Governor of Connecticut in 1974 was the state's only woman governor and the first female governor in the US who did not follow her husband into office. Eunice S. Groark was the first woman elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1990.
All legislators serve two year terms and are elected in even numbered years.
She set a state record by naming 16 women to her leadership team as House or committee leaders. The Connecticut Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice and 8 Associate Justices including 3 women. Senior Justice Ellen Ash Peters was the court's Chief Justice until she stepped down in 1996. She is joined by Justices Joette Katz and Christine S. Vertefeuille. There are 8 judges on Connecticut's Appellate Court including the Chief Judge.