O'Brien, Timothy
District towns: New Britain, Newington
Election history: O'Brien was first elected in 2002, winning an open seat that had been held by David Pudlin, the House majority leader. He was cross-endorsed in 2008 by the Working Families Party.
2008 general election
Timothy O'Brien (D)
5,509 71 percent Timothy O'Brien (WF)
442 6 percent Alphonse Wright (R)
1,772
23 percent Ellen Pappalardo (*CC)
86
1 percent
*Concerned Citizens
Public financing: O'Brien was awarded $24,700 in public financing. He returned $2,222.69
Background: O'Brien, a full-time legislator, was vice chairman of the Government Administration and Elections Committee in 2005, when the panel played a leading role in the passage of sweeping campaign-finance reform legislation. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New Britain in 2009.
Committees: Finance, Government Administration and Elections, Labor, Public Health
Education: Central Connecticut State University
Occupation: Legislator
2008 Financial Disclosure: O'Brien reported no outside income. His wife, Rhona Cohen-O'Brien, is employed by the Connecticut Center for a New Economy, an advocacy group supported by organized labor.
She owns stock in Apple.
O'Brien declined to disclose his debts, 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.
New Britain! Newington
Central Connecticut State University
Legislator
Banks! Finance, Revenue and Bonding! Government Administration and Elections! Regulations Review (chairman)
O'Brien, a full-time legislator, was vice chairman of the Government Administration and Elections Committee in 2005, when the panel played a leading role in the passage of sweeping campaign-finance reform legislation. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New Britain in 2009.O'Brein proposed a "mansion tax" in 2010 that would levy a state property tax of $10 for every $1,000 of assessed value over $1 million - if the mansion's owner does not already pay state income taxes. For example, if a millionaire with homes in Connecticut and Florida, where there is no state income tax, claims residency there, a big tax bill still will be due back here.
O'Brien was first elected in 2002, winning an open seat that had been held by David Pudlin, the House majority leader.
Cristopher Carillo! Tim O'Brien! Tim O'Brien
