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Central Connecticut State University
Banks, Finance, Revenue and Bonding, Government Administration and Elections, Regulations Review (chairman)
New Britain, Newington
Legislator
O'Brien participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Cristopher Carillo (R) | 1,681 | (30.5%) |
| Tim O'Brien (D) | 3,691 | (67.1%) |
| Tim O'Brien (WF) | 132 | (2.4%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
O'Brien was first elected in 2002, winning an open seat that had been held by David Pudlin, the House majority leader.
O'Brien, a full-time legislator, was vice chairman of the Government Administration and Elections Committee in 2005, when the panel played a leading role in the passage of sweeping campaign-finance reform legislation. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New Britain in 2009.
O'Brein proposed a "mansion tax" in 2010 that would levy a state property tax of $10 for every $1,000 of assessed value over $1 million - if the mansion's owner does not already pay state income taxes. For example, if a millionaire with homes in Connecticut and Florida, where there is no state income tax, claims residency there, a big tax bill still will be due back here.
O'Brien's only reported income is from his salary as a state legislator. His wife, Rhona Cohen-O'Brien, is employed by the Connecticut Oral Health Initiative and the Connecticut Center for a New Economy, an advocacy group supported by organized labor.They own property in the Bronx and New Britain.She owns stock in Apple.O'Brien declined to disclose his debts, 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.
| Adopted budget | Yea |
| Campaign finance | Yea |
| Criminal background checks | Yea |
| Deer hunting | Yea |
| Education reform | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Yea |
| Expansion of OTB | Yea |
| School bus seatbelts | Yea |
| Sentencing commission | Yea |
| UConn Health Center | Yea |
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Connecticut's hourly minimum wage of $8.25 is one of the highest in the nation, trailing Washington at $9.04, Oregon at $8.80 and Vermont at $8.46.
Five of the six New England states exceed the federal minimum of $7.25. The exception is New Hampshire, whose minimum is the same as the feds.
Connecticut is one of 18 states with a minimum higher than the federal standard. Twenty-thrree are at the federal level, four are below it and five have no minimum wage.
Ten states have a minimum wage indexed to the cost of living.
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