Maynard@senatedems.ct.gov
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B.A., Connecticut College
Transportation (co-chair), Public Health, Appropriations, Environment,
Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown
Legislator
$53,011. Maynard participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Stuart R. Norman (R) | 12,126 | (40.3%) |
| Andrew M. Maynard (D) | 17,972 | (59.7%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
Maynard won a close election for an open seat in 2006, succeeding Republican Catherine Cook, who ran unsuccessfully for comptroller. Maynard had lost a challenge to Cook in 2004.
Maynard is one of the Democrats who has criticized his own leadership for not taking stronger steps cut the projected deficit. Near the end of Republican M. Jodi Rell's tenure as governor, he was one of five Democratic senators to vote against his party's deficit mitigation plan.
Maynard sided with business on two recent issues, voting against an expansion of workers compensation and requiring private employers to offer paid sick days. He voted for a minimum-wage increase.
He was Stonington's chief elected official for eight years.
All that, of course, pales in comparison to the most interesting part of his biography. He was featured on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" in a long story about his civil campaign in 2010 with Republican Stuart Norman. The piece included correspondent John Oliver testing their resolve by feeding them hypothetical gossip on each other and seeing how they reacted. Oliver pushed Norman to say what he would do with the info that Maynard was gay.
"Actually, as it turns out, I am gay," Maynard said.
"What?" Oliver gasped.
"I am gay," Maynard said.
Oliver turned on Norman and demanded, "You knew he was gay, and you didn't use it against him?"
It remains to be seen how funny the new governor will find a couple of jabs by Maynard, who backed Ned Lamont in the gubernatorial primary.
Maynard is one of the senators with a new committee assignment in 2011. He stepped down as co-chair of the Veterans Committee to take over Transportation.
Personal: He lives in Stonington.
Maynard reported income from his legislative salary and Chadwick and Stone, an East Hartford law firm whose partners include a former legislator, Chris Stone. He reported owning no real estate and no securities worth more than $5,000.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. 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 | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Yea |
| Expansion of OTB | Yea |
| School bus seatbelts | Yea |
| Sentencing commission | Yea |
| UConn Health Center | Yea |
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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.
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