Wright, Elissa T.

First took office January 2007
Term ends January 2013

State Rep. Elissa T. Wright

D, 41st District

Wright, Elissa T.

Contact:

Elissa.Wright@cga.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8585

Education:

B.A., M.A., Connecticut College, J.D., University of Connecticut Law School, L.L.M., New York University Law School.

Committees:

Environment, Finance, Revenue and Bonding, Judiciary

District Town(s):

Groton

Occupation:

Lawyer

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2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

Wright participated in the state's public campaign financing program.

General Election Results:

Timothy H. Plungis (R)3,156(48.7%)
Elissa T. Wright (D)3,319(51.3%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

Wright won the Democratic nomination for an open seat on a coin toss in 2006, then won the general election by 319 votes, succeeding Republican Lenny Winkler. The coin toss broke a 457-457 tie with Rita M. Schmidt in the Democratic primary, with a third candidate, Michael J. Kindle, close behind with 408 votes. Things were less dramatic in 2008 when Wright captured 61 percent of the vote in defeating Republican Deborah Peruzotti. But she faced another close contest in 2010, winning by just 163 votes over GOP challenger Timothy Plungis.

Background

Wright is a second-generation legislator. Her father, Mortimer Wright, was a state representative in the 1970s. Elissa Wright was on the Groton Town Council when elected to the legislature.

Financial Disclosure

Wright, who has let her law practice go inactive, reported no outside income in 2010, other than investment income. She owns a home in Groton and partial interest in two other properties in Groton and one in Essex.Her stock holdings included Aetna, BP, Cisco Systems Inc., Citigroup, EMC Corp., International Business Machines, JP Morgan Chase, McDonald's Corp.,Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squib, Johnson and Johnson, Pepsico and Eli Lilly & Co.Wright filed a confidential addendum reporting a debt or debts exceeding $10,000. She declined to waive her confidentiality, as allowed by 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.

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