Auden.Grogins@cga.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8585
B.S., State University of New York, J.D., Quinnipiac Law School.
Education, Judiciary, Planning and Development
Bridgeport
Lawyer
$23,158. Grogins participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Lawrence E Patterson (R) | 765 | (18.8%) |
| Auden Grogins (D) | 3,312 | (81.2%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
Grogins unseated 12-term Democrat Robert T. Keeley Jr., by 94 votes in a Democratic primary in 2008. She was unopposed for renomination in 2010, and easily defeated a Republican challenger.
A Bridgeport native, Grogins served on the City Council for 12 years, then was elected to the Board of Education for four more.
Grogins reported income from her solo law practice, cases handled for the state as a special public defender and from Suffield Associates, a real-estate investment partnership in Fairfield.Her husband, Ira W. Nachem, is a bank executive and adjunct professor who had wages from Amalgamated Bank, Capital One Bank, New York University and royalties from sales of his book, "The Complete Guide to Financing Real Estate Developments."They own a home in Bridgeport and condominiums in Winhall, Vt., and Bonaire, Netherland Antilles. They reported several stock and mutual fund holdings valued at $5,000 or more.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 | Absent |
| Criminal background checks | Yea |
| Deer hunting | Nay |
| Education reform | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Yea |
| Expansion of OTB | Yea |
| School bus seatbelts | Yea |
| Sentencing commission | Yea |
| UConn Health Center | Nay |
PROUD SPONSOR
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
PROUD SPONSOR
PROUD SPONSOR
Financial Disclosure Statement