Rob.Kane@cga.ct.gov
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B.S., Central Connecticut State University, University of New Haven
Appropriations (ranking member), Education, Public Health
Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury,
Owner, KarTele Cellular Phones in Waterbury
$10,407. Kane did not participate in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Robert J. Kane (R) | 28,909 | (100%) |
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Kane won a special election in 2008, succeeding Republican Louis C. DeLuca, who resigned. In the same year, Kane won a regular election against a Democrat cross-endorsed by Working Families Party. He was unopposed in 2010.
In 2011, Kane took over as the ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee, a key assignment as the state continues its fiscal struggles.
In his first year, Kane voted against a minimum wage increase and a bill that would have required private employers to offer paid sick days. He has since established one of the conservative voting records in the Senate.
Kane has opposed abolishing the death penalty, codifying in state law a court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, expanding the coverage mandates on health insurers, and requiring restaurants to disclose calorie counts on menus.
He was a member of the Watertown Town Council.
Personal: He is married Marcy Kane and is the father of two children. They live in Watertown.
Kane reported no income from his retail cell phone business. He owns a home in Watertown.He and his wife, Marcy Kane, have no debts in excess of $10,000.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 | Nay |
| Campaign finance | Nay |
| Criminal background checks | Yea |
| Deer hunting | Yea |
| Education reform | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Nay |
| Expansion of OTB | Yea |
| School bus seatbelts | Yea |
| Sentencing commission | Nay |
| UConn Health Center | Nay |
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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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
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