Catherine.Abercrombie@cga.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8500
Maloney High School
Government Administration & Elections, Public Health, Appropriations (vice chair)
Berlin, Meriden
Owner, residential cleaning company
$2,018. Abercrombie did not participate in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Catherine F. Abercrombie (Democratic) | 5,505 | (100%) |
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Abercrombie was elected in March 2005, winning a special election by 124 votes to succeed Democrat Jim Abrams, who had resigned. In 2010, she ran unopposed.
Abercrombie was a co-sponsor of a law passed in 2009 that requires insurers to expand coverage for autism spectrum disorders. She has said she will introduce legislation in the 2011 session to address cyberbullying.
Abercrombie is an assistant majority whip and vice chair of the appropriations committee.
She and her husband live in Meriden.
2009: Abercrombie reported outside income from her business, Company's Coming Cleaning service. Her husband, John Abercrombie, is employed by Hamilton Sunstrand.The only security worth at least $5,000 that Abercrombie reported was United Technologies stock owned by her husband.Abercrombie voluntarily waived confidentiality and reported debts of more than $10,000 to Chase Home Finance and BCI Financial Corp.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 | Yea |
| Education reform | Absent |
| Electric regulation | Absent |
| Expansion of OTB | Yea |
| 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.
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