Gordon Joseloff Explained

Gordon F. Joseloff
Office:First Selectman of Westport, Connecticut
Termstart:2005
Termend:2013
Succeeded:Jim Marpe
Birth Date:13 May 1945
Birth Place:New York, New York, U.S.
Predecessor:Diane G. Farrell
Death Place:Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Party:Democratic Party of Connecticut[1]
Education:McBurney School[2]
Syracuse University
Awards:Emmy Award

Gordon F. Joseloff (May 13, 1945 – November 9, 2020)[3] was an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and First Selectman of Westport, Connecticut. A former foreign correspondent for CBS News and United Press International, he was also the founding editor and publisher of WestportNow, a local news and information website he established in 2003.[4]

Joseloff was elected as First Selectman of Westport in 2005 with almost 60 percent of the vote[5] and re-elected in 2009 with almost 52 percent.[6] He earlier served 14 years on the Westport Representative Town Meeting (RTM), the town's legislative body, including 10 as its moderator, or president.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Westport Democratic Town Committee Working to Make Our CommunityBetter . Westportdemocrats.org . 2013-09-28.
  2. http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/25134/ "Bruce Wasserstein’s Westport Connection"
  3. Web site: Gordon Joseloff, longtime CBS News journalist, dies at 75. 2020-11-09. www.msn.com.
  4. News: Jones . Zoe Christen . November 9, 2020 . Gordon Joseloff, longtime CBS News journalist, dies at 75 . CBS News.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . www.westportct.gov . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091122232708/http://www.westportct.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1E038150-3859-4E6C-8A4C-97DFC9579F4D/387/05OfficialReturns.pdf . 22 November 2009 . dead.
  6. Web site: Town of Westport, Connecticut - November 3 Election Results . www.westportct.gov . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091107030849/http://www.westportct.gov/agencies/townmanagement/clerk/electionresults2009.htm . 7 November 2009 . dead.
  7. Web site: 11/15 at 11:16 PM . Goodbye to the RTM - WestportNow.com - Westport, Connecticut . WestportNow.com . 2005-11-15 . 2013-09-28.