Laura Hoydick got the royal treatment when she was sworn in Monday as the General Assembly’s newest member.
The Stratford Republican, winner of a special election last week to fill the vacant seat in the 120th District of the state House of Representatives, took the oath of office at the Capitol as three of the state’s highest office holders looked on. The seat became vacant when its previous occupant, John Harkins, resigned to serve as Stratford’s mayor, a job he won last November.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell, herself formerly a state representative from Brookfield, and Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, both fellow Republicans, were on hand to congratulate Hoydick, as Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz formally administered the oath.
Also on hand for the ceremony were Hoydick’s husband, Paul, and daughters Brooke and Paige.
