Environment (co-chair), Executive Nominations, Public Safety
Milford
Freelance writer
Roy participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Daniel German (R) | 3,866 | (46%) |
| Richard Roy (D) | 4,548 | (54.1%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
Roy won an open seat in 1992, succeeding Democrat Peter C. Smith.
Roy worked at the now-defunct New Haven Journal-Courier in New Haven before taking early retirement from the newspaper in 1986 and beginning a free-lance writing career. He also has been a substitute teacher at West Haven High School, an adjunct instructor in journalism and communications at the University of New Haven and an instructor in post-graduate English courses at Milford Academy.
Roy reported wages and a pension from the New Haven Register. His wife, Patricia Roy, is a teacher at the St. Mark School in Stamford. They own a home in Milford.They own several mutual funds.Roy had no debts in excess of $10,000.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 | Nay |
| Education reform | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Absent |
| Expansion of OTB | Absent |
| 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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