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CONNOLLY, Gerald E. (Gerry), a Representative from Virginia; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 30, 1950; B. A., Maryknoll College, Glen Ellyn, Ill., 1971; M. P. A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1979; government relations executive; nonprofit organization director; member, Fairfax County, Va., board of supervisors, 1995-2003; chairman, Fairfax County, Va., board of supervisors, 2004-2008; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-present).