O’Neill, Arthur J.
District towns: Bridgewater, Roxbury, Southbury, Washington
Election history: O'Neill won the seat in a special election in 1988.
2008 general election
Arthur J. O'Neill (R) 9,049 100 percent
*Unopposed
Public financing: O'Neill did not seek public financing for his campaign.
Background: O'Neill is the senior member of the Republican caucus and a trusted, if low-key, member of the Republican leadership. In 2001, he was chosen to help settle how legislative districts would be redrawn to reflect the 2000 census. In 2004, he was named co-chairman of the bipartisan House committee that conducted Connecticut's first impeachment inquiry into the actions of a governor.
Committees: Appropriations, Judiciary (ranking member), Regulations Review
Education: B.A., University of Connecticut; J.D., Rutgers.
Occupation: Lawyer, private practice.
2008 Financial Disclosure: O'Neill declared outside income from his law practice and investments. He owns a home in Southbury.
O'Neill's investments mainly are municipal and state bonds.
He filed a confidential addendum listing any debts exceeding $10,000. He declined to release the addendum, as is his 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.
Bridgewater! Roxbury! Southbury! Washington
B.A., University of Connecticut! J.D., Rutgers.
Lawyer, private practice.
Appropriations, Judiciary, Regulation Review (Ranking), Legislative Management
O'Neill is the senior member of the Republican caucus and a trusted, if low-key, member of the Republican leadership. In 2001, he was chosen to help settle how legislative districts would be redrawn to reflect the 2000 census. In 2004, he was named co-chairman of the bipartisan House committee that conducted Connecticut's first impeachment inquiry into the actions of a governor.
O'Neill won the seat in a special election in 1988. He sought the Republican nomination for state attorney general in 2010, but lost the GOP State Convention endorsement to Avon lawyer Martha Dean. O'Neill then switched his plans and campaigned for his House seat, running unopposed.
Arthur J. O’Neill
