Daily@senatedems.ct.gov
Official Website
1-800-842-1420
B.A., Northeastern University
Finance (co-chair), Internship, Public Safety, Legislative Management
Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook
Legislator
$102,504. Daily participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Neil Nichols (R) | 17,851 | (44.7%) |
| Eileen M. Daily (D) | 21,069 | (52.8%) |
| Colin D. Bennett (G) | 1,017 | (2.6%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
Daily won an open seat in 1992, succeeding Republican Edward Munster, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress.
As co-chair of the Finance Committee, Daily is in middle of every debate over tax policy and borrowing. Her voting record is in the Democratic mainstream, though she breaks with the caucus on bills she deems harmful to business.
In 2007, she voted against expanding workers' compensation benefits and a proposal to require private employers to offer paid sick days. She was the only legislator in either chamber to vote against a ban on the use of bisphenol-A, a carcinogen, in children's food containers.
Daily was Westbrook's first selectman and a member of its Board of Education.
Personal: Daily is married to James Daily and the mother of two children. She and her husband live in Westbrook.
Daily reported no family income outside her legislative salary. She and her husband, James Daily, own a home in Westbrook. They reported owning no securities worth more than $5,000.She filed a confidential addendum listing any debts exceeding $10,000. She declined to release the addendum, as is her choice under the 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. 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.
| Adopted budget | Yea |
| Campaign finance | Yea |
| Criminal background checks | Yea |
| Deer hunting | Yea |
| Education reform | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Yea |
| Expansion of OTB | Nay |
| 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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