Derek Slap Biography
Derek Slap is a politician, journalist, and businessman from the United States. From 2017 to 2019, he served in the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing District 19.
Derek Slap Age
Slap was born in 1974, in the United States of America. He is 49 years old as of 2023.
Derek Slap Education
Slap graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and international relations, followed by a Master of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut School of Business.
Derek Slap Family
He has not yet disclosed any information about his parents or whether he has siblings. Attempts to establish the identities of her family, his mother, and his father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether he has any siblings.
Derek Slap Career
He worked as a news anchor and reporter for WVIT from 1998 to 2003. He then worked as a chief of staff for Democratic Party-affiliated Connecticut Senate members, as well as communications director for John DeStefano Jr. Slap joined the UConn Foundation as vice president of external relations in 2014. Slap won a special election in 2019 and has since served in the Connecticut State Senate from District 5.After sitting legislator Brian Becker announced his retirement in May 2016, the Democratic Party nominated Slap as its candidate for Connecticut House of Representatives District 19.
In the general election, Slap ran against Republican Party candidate Chris Barnes. In November 2018, Slap ran unopposed for re-election to the state house. After Beth Bye was appointed to Ned Lamont’s gubernatorial administration, Slap ran for her Connecticut Senate District 5 seat. In the special election, Slap ran against Bill Wadsworth, Jeffrey Przech, and Mark Stewart Greenstein. On March 1, 2019, Slap was sworn in as a state senator.[10] In the Connecticut Senate, Slap rose to the position of deputy majority leader. The Democratic Party endorsed Slap’s re-election to the state senate in 2020. On November 3, 2020, Slap defeated Republican challenger Phillip Chabot in the general election.
Derek Slap Net Worth
Derek has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.