Patricia.Dillon@cga.ct.gov
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860-240-8585
B.A., Marymount College, M.A., Ohio state University, M.P.H., Yale University
Appropriations, Higher Education & Employment Advancement, Judiciary
New Haven
Legislator
$40,755. Dillon participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Patricia A. Dillon (Democratic) | 4,828 | (82.5%) |
| Patricia A. Dillon (Working Families) | 1,023 | (17.5%) |
| Patricia A. Dillon | 1,561 | (66.3%) |
| Sergio Rodriguez | 794 | (33.7%) |
Dillon was elected in 1984, unseating four-term Republican Rosalind Berman. She won the Democratic primary in 2010 and ran unopposed in the general election. She was cross-endorsed by the Working Families Party.
Dillon has been an activist in public-health policy, helping to draft legislation on childhood mental-health coverage and AIDS issues. She is a former co-chair of the Public Health Committee.
Her relationship with New Haven Mayor John DeStefano has been strained at times, though threatened primaries against her have not materialized in recent years.
Among current legislators, she is the second-longest serving member of the House. She is an assistant majority whip.
2009: Dillon reported no income outside her legislative salary. Her husband, John S. Hughes, is a physician who had income from the Veteran's Administration and 3M Health.They own several Vanguard mutual funds.Dillon declined to disclose any debts in excess of $10,000, 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 | Nay |
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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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