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North Haven
Owner, DJ's Sports Collectible and Comics
Fontana participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Dave Yaccarino (Republican) | 5,486 | (53.7%) |
| Steve Fontana (Democratic) | 4,417 | (43.3%) |
| Steve Fontana (Working Families) | 305 | (3%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
Yaccarino defeated incumbent Democrat Steve Fontana in 2010.
A North Haven native, Yaccarino has owned a sports collectible and comics store in town since 1991. In challenging Fontana, who has law and business degrees, Yaccarino, who has an associate's degree, argued that "representing the town effectively does not require a formal education."
Yaccarino said during the campaign that he is morally opposed to capital punishment, but that he has no choice but to support it in the case of "heinous and horrific crimes," and that the state's judicial system should be reformed so death row inmates do not get unlimited repeals.
He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
He has three children.
| Adopted budget | Yea |
| Campaign finance | Yea |
| Criminal background checks | Yea |
| Deer hunting | Absent |
| 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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THE MINIMUM WAGE
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
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