Andrew.Fleischmann@cga.ct.gov
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A.B., Princeton University, M.A., Stanford University
West Hartford
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Fleischmann participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Ethan Goldman (R) | 2,790 | (31.4%) |
| Andrew Fleischmann (D) | 5,784 | (65.1%) |
| Andrew Fleischmann (WF) | 305 | (3.4%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
Fleischmann won an open seat in 1994, succeeding Democrat Miles S. Rapoport, who was elected secretary of the state. Fleischmann won the nomination in a wild, six-way primary. His subsequent elections have held little drama.
Fleischmann is a member of a West Hartford delegation that zealously protects the town's share of state education aid, a task easier in the days when the town was represented in the Senate by Kevin Sullivan, the Senate leader. Education has been a key focus for Fleischmann, as he was one of the leaders in the state's major education reforms that passed in 2010.
Fleischmann has publicly ripped the insurance industry, recounting his difficulties getting treatment for cancer. Fleischmannn finished his chemotherapy in late 2009 and in 2010 he was successful in getting lawmakers to pass a law that requires insurance companies the options for appealing when they deny a claim.
He never has hid his ambition to move up in politics, floating his name for secretary of the state a few years ago when it appeared that the Susan Bysiewicz would run for governor, not re-election. In 2010, he lost his bid to become the House majority leader.
His legislative interests run from education policy to the more whimsical. He was the author of a bill that would have required movie theaters to published the actual start times. The bill went nowhere, but it got national play in the press.
He and his wife, Caroline Shaffery, live in West Hartford with their daughter.
Fleischmann reported income from SpeedReading People, real-estate investments, his salary as a state legislator and capitol gains and dividends from mutual funds. He held a minority interest in limited liability corporations that own three properties in Avon, Farmington and Bristol.He reported oneoiont trust he shares with his two brothers.He filed a confidential addendum listing any debts exceeding $10,000. He declined to release the addendum, as is his choice under the law.A note on financial disclosure: Every spring, officials are required to disclose the ownership of real estate, the source of any income exceeding $1,000 in the previous calendar year and securities worth more than $5,000. They also are required to file an addendum in which they report any debt of more than $10,000; this may by law be kept confidential.
| Adopted budget | Yea |
| Campaign finance | Yea |
| Criminal background checks | Yea |
| Deer hunting | Nay |
| Education reform | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Absent |
| Expansion of OTB | Yea |
| School bus seatbelts | Nay |
| Sentencing commission | Yea |
| UConn Health Center | Yea |
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