After graduating from college and prior to attending law school, he worked for Hartford Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry.
[3] He also served as Connecticut State Director for Project VOTE and worked for the AFL-CIO's Office of Investment in Washington, D.C.
While on the City Council, Wooden advocated for fiscal stability, economic development, local resident hiring, anti-violence initiatives and youth services programs.
He ran for the second district seat in the Connecticut Senate in the 2014 elections,[1] but narrowly lost to long-term incumbent Eric D.
He won the Democratic Party nomination,[7] and the general election, defeating Republican Thad Gray.