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Ernie Newton - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Ernie Newton net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Ernest E. Newton (born on February 21, 1956) is an American politician from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Newton served for 17 months in the Connecticut General Assembly, serving in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1988 until 2003, and within the Connecticut State Senate from 2003 until 2006. He admitted guilt to federal corruption allegations in September 2005 , and spent some time within federal jail. Newton got released on February of 2010 and in 2012, he failed to make an electoral comeback after losing in the primary contest for his former State Senate seat. As of 2015, Newton was found guilty of separate state-wide fraud charges in the field of campaign finance. the convictions were quashed after an appeal in the year the year 2018. In this article, we will discover how old is Ernie Newton? Who is Ernie Newton dating now & how much money does Ernie Newton have?

NameErnie Newton
First NameErnie
Last NameNewton
OccupationPolitician
BirthdayFebruary 21
Birth Year1956
Place of BirthFairfax
Home TownVirginia
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignAquarius
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Ernie Newton Biography

Ernie Newton is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 21, 1956 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States. In February of 2006, Newton was sentenced to five years in federal prison. The sentence was imposed by the senior U.S. District Court Judge Alan H. Nevas criticized Newton’s “Moses” remark, saying “I don’t think there’s any reference in the Bible … that as God led his people for 40 years in the desert that he ever took money from them.”

In January 2012, after his release from prison, he announced that he would be seeking to return as the state Senator for the 23rd Senate district, his old seat. In May 2012, Newton received an endorsement from the Democratic Town Committee under Chairman Mario Testa to run for Senate. In the three-way August 2012 Democratic primary in August 2012, however, Newton lost to state Representative Andres Ayala, Jr., who received the endorsement of Mayor Bill Finch. Ayala also defeated incumbent senator Edwin A. Gomes. Ayala received 2,129 votes, Newton 1,739 votes, and Gomes 1,138 votes.

Newton was arrested in January 2013 on state campaign finance fraud charges.

Newton was found guilty to federal courts on the 20th of September 2005 to allegations of bribery, mail fraud, and evasion of Federal income tax. Newton admitted to having taken the bribe amount of $5,000, which secured the sum of $100,000 State Bond Commission grant funds for Progressive Training Associates Inc. A vocational training program as well as to taking the funds from his campaign for his personal expenses. The director who was the executive director of Progressive Training Associates, Warren Keith Godbolt who accepted the bribe was sentenced to prison for bribery in 2005. Godbolt cooperated with investigators during their investigation into Newton who was later sentenced for probation.

Newton has acknowledged receiving treatment for a drug addiction during the year 1995, while serving at the time serving in the state Senate.

In February 2010, he was released from the federal prison camp in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and moved to a halfway house in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Ernie Newton Net Worth

Ernie is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ernie Newton's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Newton Newton, an Democrat specifically belonging to the Democratic Party of Connecticut, was an elected part of the Bridgeport City Council in the 1980s. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1988 until 2003, and also in the Connecticut State Senate from 2003 to 2006.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomePolitician
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HouseLiving in own house.

On January 16, 2015, Newton was convicted of three charges of “illegal practices in campaign financing” and acquitted on a charge of witness tampering. The jury deadlocked on two other counts of illegal practices in campaign financing and two counts of first-degree larceny, and a mistrial was declared on those four charges.

A retrial on the first-degree larceny charges is pending. Newton rejected a plea offer in July 2016. For his retrial, Newton is seeking to be represented by a public defender, but it is unclear if Newton is income-eligible for publicly funded representation.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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On May 13, 2015, Newton was sentenced to three sentences of six months in jail, to run concurrently with each other, on the state charges. The state judge found that Newton received no personal financial benefit from the crime, and that the offense was a result of “his campaign’s sloppiness and failure to keep track of how much it had raised”—a mitigating factor. The state judge freed Newton pending appeal and determined that if Newton was sent to prison for violating the terms of his federal probation (by committing the state campaign-finance offense), his six-month state sentence would run concurrently with his federal probation-violation sentence. Newton appeared in federal court in Hartford the next day.

Who is Ernie Newton Dating?

According to our records, Ernie Newton is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, Ernie Newton’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2017, Newton mounted a political comeback when he was elected to the City Council again from his East End district. He defeated Councilman James Holloway in the September primary election and the won the general election. As a result, Bridgeport has two convicted felons in its city government: Newton and Mayor Joseph P. Ganim.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 2014, Newton again unsuccessfully sought to make a political comeback, running for the 124th state House district. In March 2014, Newton again won the Democratic town committee nomination. However, Newton’s opponent Andre F. Baker, Jr.—an undertaker, former Bridgeport city councilman, and board of education member—forced a Democratic primary by petition, and in the August 2014 primary election defeated Newton. Baker received the key support of Mayor Bill Finch. Baker received 697 votes to Newton’s 430.

In 2018, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned Newton’s convictions for campaign finance violations, determining in a unanimous ruling that the jury instructions improperly omitted an intent element of the offense.

Facts & Trivia

Ernie Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ernie Newton celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.

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