Doyle, Paul R.

First took office January 2007
Term ends January 2013

State Sen. Paul R. Doyle

D, 9th District

Doyle, Paul R.

Contact:

Doyle@senatedems.ct.gov
Official Website
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860-240-0498

Education:

B.A., Colby College, J.D., University of Connecticut

Committees:

General Law (co-chair), Housing, Judiciary, Regulations Review

District Town(s):

Cromwell, Middletown, Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield

Occupation:

Lawyer, Henneghan, Kennedy & Doyle

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2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

$104,432. Doyle participated in the state's public campaign financing program.

General Election Results:

Dom Mazzoccoli (R)13,727(38.9%)
Paul R. Doyle (D)21,582(61.1%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

Doyle won an open Senate seat in 2006, succeeding Democrat Biagio Ciotto. He previously was elected to six terms in the House, beginning in 1994.

Background

Doyle is a moderate who occasionally breaks with the Democratic majority on fiscal and business issues.

He was one of five Senate Democrats to vote against the Democratic budget in June 2009, but he voted with the rest of the majority caucus in December for a Democratic deficit-mitigation plan. In 2008, he was one of five Democrats to vote against a bill requiring employers to offer paid sick days. He also voted against abolishing the death penalty.

In 2011, he took over as co-chair of the General Law Committee, which handles a wide range of consumer and business regulatory legislation.

Personal: Doyle is married to Diana Doyle and lives in Wethersfield.


Financial Disclosure

 Doyle reported income from his law firm, which had contracts in 2009 to provide legal services to the Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority. His wife, Diana Doyle, is employed by the town of Middletown. They own their home in Wethersfield and property in Westbrook.Doyle owned several mutual funds and stock in TD Banknorth, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Primerica and MetLife,Doyle 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. 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. 

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