Linda Orange | |
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| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 48th district | |
| In office January 8, 1997 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Brian Smith |
| Deputy Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
| In office January 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Linda Ann Smith[1] September 25, 1950 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 2019 (aged 69) Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Colchester, Connecticut, U.S. |
Linda Ann Orange (née Smith; September 25, 1950 – November 20, 2019) was an American politician who was a Democratic member and deputy speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Orange represented the 48th Assembly District, which consists of portions of Colchester, Lebanon, Mansfield, and Windham.[2]
In 2014, Orange, who was endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund,[3] faced a Democratic primary challenge over her stance on gun control.[4]
Orange died from pancreatic cancer on November 20, 2019, at the age of 69.[5]
- ^ "Linda A. Orange Obituary (1950 - 2019) Hartford Courant". Legacy.com.
- ^ "State Representative Linda Orange". Housedems.ct.gov. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ^ "NRA-PVF | Connecticut". nrapvf.org. NRA-PVF. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Democrats Using Gun Control As Weapon; Did McKinney Waver? - Hartford Courant". Courant.com. April 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ^ Keating, Christopher (November 20, 2019). "State Rep. Linda Orange, colorful legislator, dies at 69". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.