He also served nine years on the Norwalk Common Council, including as its president.
He was born in North Carolina, and moved to Norwalk in 1958[2] at the age of three.
He attended Bethune-Cookman College, where he majored in business administration and was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
Mann was elected to the Connecticut House in a three way race against Republican Richard McQuaid and petition candidate Donnie Sellers, who was a Democrat who had once held the seat.
[3] He was elected to the Connecticut House in November 2002, and took office on January 8, 2003.