About
William Tong

Over the past eight years, Connecticut has stood up to the biggest bad actors and the most powerful forces. Attorney General Tong is fighting and winning and he will never back down when it comes to protecting Connecticut families. 

Attorney General Tong has filed more than 50 lawsuits to stop Donald Trump from defunding the police, schools and medical research–hurting our families and damaging our economy. He has stood up to our state’s utilities to stop $700 million in rate increases. He has taken on the opioid and addiction industry and secured $50 billion for treatment and prevention nationwide. Now he’s taking the fight to Big Tech and the social media giants to hold them accountable for their harm to our children. 

He is fighting hard against extremist threats to our reproductive freedom and healthcare and challenges to our post-Sandy Hook gun laws and he will never back down. 

At a time when so many levels of government are paralyzed by dysfunction, Attorney General Tong’s bipartisan national leadership as President of the National Association of Attorneys General has placed Connecticut front and center in the most consequential legal battles of our time. 

“I am grateful to the people and families of Connecticut for the honor and privilege to fight for our state. I will be even more honored to continue to fight even harder for our future.” – Attorney General Tong  

A Connecticut native, Attorney General Tong was born and raised in the Hartford area. He is the proud son of immigrants and the oldest of five children. He grew up working side-by-side with his immigrant parents in their family’s Chinese restaurant. He has worked hard to break barriers and make history. In 2006, he was the first Asian American elected to any state office in Connecticut history. Then, after serving over a decade in the Connecticut House of Representatives, William Tong became the first Asian American elected to statewide office in Connecticut upon winning the race for Attorney General in 2018. 

Previously, he practiced for 18 years as a litigator in state and federal courts at major firms in New York City and Stamford. He served as a State Representative for 12 years, during which he was chairman of the Judiciary and Banking committees. 

He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover, Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School. He is proud to have attended public and private schools in West Hartford, Connecticut. 

He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Stamford with their three children and way too many pets. Elizabeth is the Senior Vice President at L’Oreal USA. In quieter moments, General Tong likes to fly fish (and tie flies), try all the great foods and restaurants across Connecticut and is an amateur carpenter and cook.