Miles S. Rapoport (born October 15, 1949)[1] is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1995 to 1999.
[3] Rapoport won election to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1984, unseating a conservative Democratic incumbent, Joan R. Kemler, in the 18th District of West Hartford.
[8] Instead of seeking reelection as secretary of state, Rapoport ran for an open seat in the US Congress being vacated by Barbara B. Kennelly, who was running for governor.
[9] Following his election defeat, Rapoport formed his own nonprofit advocacy group, Democracy Works, to advance democratic participation, campaign finance reform, and poverty reduction.
[3] He is currently in his fourth year as the inaugural recipient of the Senior Practice Fellowship in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.