Scott Deshefy is running for the Second Congressional Seat in CT as a Green Party candidate!
A retired scientist Scott is seeking people who want to work for real change both in Congress and in the Second District(Eastern CT from Enfield to New London)

Bio
For nearly thirty years, Scott Deshefy has been active throughout the state as an advocate for ecological ethics, nonviolence, economic justice and reverence for all life. As an individual and state official, he has fought against suppression of information and made powerful corporations accountable for pollution and violations of state and federal environmental law.

A lifelong resident of eastern Connecticut and native son of Uncasville, Deshefy graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in biology and minoring in literature. Deshefy completed his MS in zoology at Clemson University in 1978 and four years of doctoral work with an emphasis in behavioral-ecology.

From 1982 through his recent retirement in 2007, Deshefy served the State of Connecticut as a supervisory environmental analyst in the Department of Environmental Protection.

Scott was awarded the medallion of the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his role in helping prepare DEP’s environmental impact statement, instrumental in deferring the BRAC Commission’s closure of the U.S. Submarine Base (Groton).

From 1982-1987, Deshefy served on the Montville Board of Education, including chairman from 1985-87. While chairman, starting teacher salaries were raised as an incentive to improve both the quality and frequency of individuals pursuing teaching degrees and to make starting teacher salaries in eastern Connecticut a truly living wage