Fritz, Mary G.

First took office January 1987
Term ends January 2013

State Rep. Mary G. Fritz

D, 90th District

Fritz, Mary G.

Contact:

Mary.Fritz@cga.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8500

Education:

B.A., Emmanuel College

Committees:

Judiciary, Planning & Development

District Town(s):

Cheshire, Wallingford

Occupation:

Legislator

Quicklinks:

2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

$23,055. Fritz participated in the state's public campaign financing program.

General Election Results:

Richard Abbate (Republican)3,298(42.4%)
Mary G. Fritz (Democratic)4,308(55.3%)
Peter J. Votto (Connecticut For Lieberman)180(2.3%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

Fritz won a special election in 1983, lost the seat in the 1984 Ronald Reagan landslide and then made a comeback in 1986. She has been re-elected every two years since. In 2010, her second contested election since then, she faced challenges from candidates representing both the Republican and Connecticut For Lieberman parties. She won 55 percent of the vote.

Background

Only two House members have more time in the legislature than Fritz, but seniority guarantees nothing in the General Assembly. Fritz was a deputy speaker under House Speaker James Amann. Under his successor, Christopher G. Donovan, she is an assistant deputy speaker.

Fritz often breaks with the Democratic majority on social and, occasionally, fiscal, issues. She opposed bills that abolished the death penalty and required hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims. She missed a vote on same-sex marriage. She was one of just 14 House Democrats who voted against a Democratic budget and tax increase in June 2009, though she supported the final version passed in September.

Financial Disclosure

2009: Fritz reported income from her legislative salary and her husband's pension from teaching.  She and her husband, William Fritz, own a home in the Yalesville section of Wallingford.She reported owning no securities worth more than $5,000. She is the owner of Mary Fritz Enterprises, which is described as offering small wooden items.Fritz 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.

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