Berger, Jeffery J.

First took office January 2001
Term ends January 2013

State Rep. Jeffery J. Berger

D, 73rd District

Berger, Jeffrey J.

Contact:

Jeffrey.Berger@cga.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8585

Education:

B.A., B.S., Eckerd College.

Committees:

Commerce (chair), Finance, Revenue and Bonding, Judiciary

District Town(s):

Waterbury

Occupation:

Realtor, Century 21

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2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

Berger did not participate in the state's public campaign financing program.

General Election Results:

Jason Van Stone (R)2,193(38.7%)
Jeffrey J. Berger (D)2,911(51.4%)
Richard A. Wood (I)150(2.7%)
Jeffrey J. Berger (WF)115(2%)
Francis J. Caiazzo Jr. (PC)293(5.2%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

Berger was elected in 2000 to an open seat with 61 percent of the vote, succeeding Democrat Joan V. Hartley. Berger was cross-endorsed by the Working Families Party in 2010, winning a four-way race that also featured Republican Jason Van Stone and two minor party candidates.

Background

Berger, a retired Waterbury police officer, was a city alderman before his election to the legislature.

He voted against a minimum wage increase in 2008, but he switched positions when Democrats needed his vote to override Gov. M. Jodi Rell's veto.

Berger co-sponsored and won approval for two measures in 2010 designed to expand the brownfields development program and establish new tax incentives if developers adhere to a state-approved remediation plan.

Financial Disclosure

A retired Waterbury police officer, Berger reported outside income in 2010 from a temporary teacher training post in the city created with federal stimulus funds.. His wife, Noreen Berger, is a Waterbury school teacher. They own a home in Waterbury.She owns mutual funds, which Berger did not identify.He voluntarily disclosed two debts exceeding $10,000: a mortgage from Washington Mutual Mortgage and federal student loans.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.     

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