Biography

Representative Peggy Reeves is honored to serve the 143rd District, representing most of Wilton and part of Norwalk.  After 14 years in town government and 30 years of years of community service, Peggy was elected to the State House of Representatives in 2008.

Peggy is a member of the legislature's Government Administration and Elections Committee, Judiciary Committee and Transportation Committee.

Community and public service are very important to Peggy.  Since 1997, she has been Chairman of the Salvation Army—Wilton Unit assisting local families and seniors in need.  From 1994 until 2008, Peggy was Registrar of Voters, where she advocated for voters’ rights and upgrades to the statewide voter database. As a consultant for the Secretary of the State, Peggy has trained election officials throughout Connecticut in the use of the state’s new voting system. She is a past President of the Driscoll School PTA, was a trustee of the Wilton Library Association and was President of the Wilton League of Women Voters.

Peggy graduated from Connecticut College with a B.A. Degree and received a J.D. Degree from Pace University Law School, where she was Casenote and Comment Editor of the Law Review.

Peggy was raised in Chelmsford, Massachusetts and lived and worked in Middletown and Stamford for four years after college before moving to Wilton in 1978 with her husband Bob.  They are the proud parents of Kathleen, who attended Wilton public schools through high school and received a B.A. degree from Yale University.