Candelora, Vincent J.

First took office January 2009
Term ends January 2013

State Rep. Vincent J. Candelora

R, 86th District

Candelora, Vincent

Contact:

Vin.Candelora@housegop.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8700

Education:

B.A., Connecticut College, J.D., Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University

Committees:

Regulation Review, Screening, Finance Revenue and Bonding, Planning and Development, Legislative Management

District Town(s):

East Haven, North Branford, Wallingford

Occupation:

Owner,Connecticut Sportsplex

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2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

$1,606. Candelora did not participate in the state's public campaign financing program.

General Election Results:

Vincent J. Candelora (Republican)5,489(100%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

Candelora won an open seat by just 124 votes in 2006, succeeding the Republican minority leader, Robert M. Ward. In 2010, he ran unopposed.

Background

Candelora is living proof that all politics is local. Democrats seemed poised to make a run for this Republican seat in 2008, a presidential year that helped Democrats pick up seven seats in the House. But Ashley Clow Joiner, the Democrat who opposed Ward in 2004 and nearly beat Candelora in 2006, had enough. Democrats could not find another candidate.

As the ranking House Republican on the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Candelora was critical of the fiscal policies of Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Democratic legislators. He also opposed efforts to provide in-state tuition at state universities to illegal immigrants, a measure that passed the House and Senate before Rell vetoed it.

Candelora is a former three-term member of the North Branford Town Council.

He lives in North Branford with his wife and three children.

Financial Disclosure

2009: Candelora is affiliated with two family businesses, the Connecticut Sportsplex and Salvatore A. Candelora Enterprises, which does business as Taconic Wire. He also owns Vican LLC, a property management company.He and his wife, Carolyn Candelora, own their home and a second property in North Branford.They own stock in AT&T.Candelora disclosed a debt exceeding $10,000 to US Bank Home Mortgage.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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