Johnson, Susan M.

First took office January 2009
Term ends January 2013

State Rep. Susan M. Johnson

D, 49th District

Johnson, Susan M.

Contact:

Susan.Johnson@cga.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8585

Education:

A.S., Manchester Community College, B.A., Eastern Connecticut State University, J.D., Western New England School of Law

Committees:

Education, Energy and Technology, Finance, Revenue and Bonding, Insurance and Real Estate

District Town(s):

Windham

Occupation:

Attorney, O'Brien & Johnson

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2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

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

General Election Results:

John E. French (R)1,982(38.7%)
Susan Johnson (D)2,978(58.1%)
Susan Johnson (WF)166(3.2%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

Johnson won the open seat in 2008, succeeding five-term Democrat Walter Pawelkiewicz, who retired. She easily defeated GOP challenger John French by more than 1,100 votes two years later.

Background

Johnson is a former Windham selectman. She worked as an advocate for Medicare recipients as a non-lawyer working for Connecticut Legal Services, then obtained her law degree and opened a law office with her husband. She pushed successfully this past year for funding in the state budget to avert the planned closures of both the juvenile courthouse and state law library in Windham.

Financial Disclosure

Johnson reported outside income in 2010 from O'Brien & Johnson, the law partnership with her husband, Dennis O'Brien. She also reported rental income, and her husband receives income as a Connecticut probate judge.She and her husband own a home in the Willimantic section of Windham, a condominium in Melbourne, Fla., which they rent, and property in Cooper, Maine. Johnson also owns property in Maine, where she was born. They have limited stock holdings.Johnson reported owing debts of more than $10,000 to Chelsea Groton Savings Bank and the National City Mortgage Corp.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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