Former Co-Chair, Banks Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Energy and Technology Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Co-Chair, Housing Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Legislative Subcommittee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Public Safety and Security Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Connecticut State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Subcommittee on General Government A, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Judicial and Corrections, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Co-Chair, Banks Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Energy and Technology Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Co-Chair, Housing Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Judicial and Corrections, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Member, Appropriations Committee
Member, Education Committee
Vice Chair, Energy and Technology Committee
Member, General Law Committee
Member, Housing Committee
Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Judiciary
Co-Chair, Judicial and Corrections Subcommittee
Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Development
Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education
Favorite Color:
Blue
Hobbies or Special Talents:
I draw.
— Mother's Name:
— Pets (include names):
Spouse's Occupation:
Attorney
1. Abortions should always be illegal.
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2. Abortions should always be legal.
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3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
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4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- X
5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- X
6. Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period.
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7. Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
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8. Other or expanded principles
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1. Education (Higher)
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2. Education (K-12)
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3. Emergency preparedness
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4. Environment
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5. Health care
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6. Law enforcement
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7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
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8. Welfare
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9. Other or expanded categories
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1. Alcohol taxes
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2. Cigarette taxes
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3. Corporate taxes
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4. Gasoline taxes
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5. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
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6. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
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7. Sales taxes
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8. Vehicle taxes
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9. Other or expanded categories
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10. Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
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11. Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget?
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12. Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
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13. Should the business entity tax be repealed?
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14. Should the business entity tax be repealed on small businesses?
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15. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support limiting the number of terms for Connecticut governors?
- Yes
2. Do you support limiting the number of terms for Connecticut state senators and representatives?
- Yes
1. Individual
- Undecided
2. PAC
- Yes
3. Corporate
- Yes
4. Political Parties
- Undecided
5. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
6. Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns?
- Yes
7. Should Connecticut participate in the federal REAL ID program?
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded principles
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1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
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2. Support the death penalty in Connecticut.
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3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- X
4. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X
5. Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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6. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
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7. Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws.
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8. Support hate crime legislation.
- X
9. Support a three-strikes law for individuals convicted of three violent felonies.
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10. Other or expanded principles
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1. Support state funding of universal pre-K programs.
- X
2. Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
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3. Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students.
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4. Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams.
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5. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
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6. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
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7. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- X
8. Support using a merit pay system for teachers.
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9. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
- X
10. Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of Connecticut to pay in-state tuition at public universities.
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11. Other or expanded principles
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1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market.
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2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector.
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3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- X
4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
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5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
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6. Include gender identity in Connecticut's anti-discrimination laws.
- X
7. Increase the state minimum wage.
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8. Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will.
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9. Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
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10. Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
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11. Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- X
12. Other or expanded principles
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1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
- X
2. Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc).
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3. Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops.
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4. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
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5. Support funding for improvements to Connecticut's power generating and transmission facilities.
- X
6. Support funding for open space preservation.
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7. Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
- X
8. Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
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9. Other or expanded principles
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1. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes
2. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
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3. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- Yes
4. Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No Answer
5. Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No Answer
6. Other or expanded principles
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1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
- X
2. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- X
3. Support allowing municipalities, nonprofits and small businesses to buy into the state employees' health insurance plan.
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4. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
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5. Allow patients to sue their HMOs.
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6. Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality.
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7. Legalize physician assisted suicide in Connecticut.
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8. Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
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9. Other or expanded principles
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1. Should Connecticut continue to recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- Yes
2. Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
- Yes
3. Should Connecticut provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples?
- Yes
4. Do you support a moment of silence in public schools?
- Undecided
5. Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools?
- Yes
6. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- Yes
7. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No
8. Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions?
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9. Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions?
- Yes
10. Should Connecticut continue affirmative action programs?
- Yes
11. Do you support state funding of stem cell research?
- Undecided
12. Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research?
- Undecided
13. Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it?
- No
14. Other or expanded principles
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1. Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
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