{{short description|Italian-American politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = 150px | name = Michael Fedele | caption = Michael Fedele LT. Governor of Connecticut | order = 107th | office = Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut | term_start = January 3, 2007 | term_end = January 5, 2011 | governor = Jodi Rell | predecessor = Kevin B. Sullivan | successor = Nancy Wyman | state_house1 = Connecticut | district1 = 147th | term_start1 = January 6, 1993<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=742759|title = Our Campaigns - CT State House 147 Race - Nov 03, 1992}}</ref> | term_end1 = January 3, 2003<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382657|title = Our Campaigns - CT State House 147 Race - Nov 07, 2000}}</ref> | predecessor1 = Christopher Burnham | successor1 = Donald Sherer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|03|30}} | birth_place = Minturno, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | profession = Businessman | spouse = Carol Fedele | footnotes = }}
'''Michael Fedele''' (born March 30, 1955, in Minturno, Italy) is an Italian-American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 107th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepinnaclegroup.com/about-us/our-mission-and-bios/michael-fedele/|title=Michael Fedele: President & CEO|work=The Pinnacle Group|accessdate=March 18, 2020}}</ref> As of 2024, Mr. Fedele is the last Republican to win a statewide election in Connecticut.
Following the decision on November 9, 2009, by incumbent Governor M. Jodi Rell not to seek re-election, Fedele announced his candidacy to seek the office of governor in the 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election. He was a candidate in the party's primary contest, but narrowly lost the nomination on August 10 to former United States Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Foley-joins-Malloy-as-primary-winner-610659.php|title=Foley joins Malloy as primary winner|last=Dixon|first=Ken|work=Connecticut Post|date=August 10, 2010|accessdate=August 11, 2010}}</ref> Fedele ran for Mayor of Stamford in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/stamford/politics/former-lt-gov-michael-fedele-starts-stamford-mayoral-run/575308/|title=Former Lt. Gov Michael Fedele Starts Stamford Mayoral Run|date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> He lost the election to David Martin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=790970|title = Our Campaigns - Stamford, CT Mayor Race - Nov 05, 2013}}</ref>
==Career== Fedele is the founder and CEO of Stamford-based Pinnacle Group, a nationwide IT firm. Fedele started his public service as a member of Stamford's Board of Representatives, serving the city's 13th District from 1987–1991. Fedele represented Stamford's 147th District in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1992 until 2002. He ran for the Connecticut Senate that year, losing to Democrat Andrew J. McDonald.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6866|title = Our Campaigns - CT State Senate 27 Race - Nov 05, 2002}}</ref> On January 3, 2007, Fedele was sworn in as Connecticut's 107th Lieutenant Governor, serving with Governor Rell.
In 2009, Fedele received the Prescott Bush Award, the highest honor that the Connecticut Republican Party awards to a member of the Party. Boy's Town of Italy also honored Fedele with their 2009 Humanitarian of the Year Award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boystownofitaly.org/ |title=Boy's Town of Italy |access-date=March 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031173820/http://www.boystownofitaly.org/ |archive-date=October 31, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Education== Fedele attended Fairfield University and Norwalk State Technical College.
==Personal== Fedele is a native of Minturno, Italy. He has raised three children in his hometown of Stamford with his wife Carol.
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==External links== * [http://www.fedele2010.com Fedele 2010 for Governor of Connecticut, Official Website] * {{C-SPAN|9273646}}
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