Christopher Shays (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Connecticut (4)
- Birth Date: Oct. 18, 1945
- Occupation: Real estate broker
- Religion: Christian Scientist
- Web site: http://www.shaysforcongress.org/
Education
- New York University, MPA
- New York University, MBA
- Principia College, BA
Christopher Shays grew up in Darien, Conn., and later moved to Stamford, where he lived until moving to Bridgeport in 1999.
He graduated from Darien High School in 1964. He received a bachelor's degree in American history and political science in 1968 from Principia College and master's degrees from New York University in business in 1974 and in public administration in 1978.
Shays and his wife joined the Peace Corps and taught in the Fiji Islands from 1968 to 1970. He then worked as a real estate broker.
Shays was an executive aide to Trumbull First Selectman Larry Heimann from 1971 to 1972.
Shays served in the Connecticut House from 1974 to 1987. He was elected to the U.S. House in an August 1987 special election.
Shays and his wife, Betsi, have one daughter.
