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B.A., University of California at Northridge
Education (co-chair), Transportation, Finance, Public Health,
East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Waterford
Business owner
$67,368. Stillman participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Daniel Docker (R) | 11,003 | (34.3%) |
| Andrea L. Stillman (D) | 20,340 | (63.5%) |
| Marc Guttman (L) | 699 | (2.2%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
Stillman won an open Senate seat in 2004, succeeding Democrat Melodie Peters. She previously was elected to six terms in the House, beginning in 1992.
Stillman was the co-chair of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee in the House, one of the power committees. After six years in the Senate, she finally is moving up, taking over as co-chair of the Education Committee. She succeeds Thomas P. Gaffey, who resigned after pleading guilty to larceny charges in connection with double-bill for legislative travel.
She had been co-chair of Public Safety, making the most of the assignment by using the committee as a platform to continue her advocacy of cracking down on the sexual trafficking of women. Stillman also played a high-profile role in the fight against a proposal to locate a floating liquid natural gas depot in Long Island Sound.
Stillman has voted with the Democratic majority on a wide range of fiscal, social and business issues, including voting to override Gov. M.Jodi Rell's veto of a minimum-wage increase. She wrote an opinion piece stressing the importance of the increase to elderly constituents.
In 2005, Stillman was the target of online ridicule for proposing a ban on using cell phones while pumping gas. She was accused of falling for an urban myth. The measure never got past a public hearing.
She served on the Waterford Board of Finance before her election as a legislator.
Personal: Stillman lives in Waterford with her husband, Howard Stillman. They have two children and five grandchildren.
Stillman reported income from the office supply business she owns with her husband, J. Solomon, Inc. Her husband, Howard Stillman, owns the commercial building in downtown New London that houses the business. Stillman owns their home in Waterford.Their investments are primarily in mutual funds.She filed a confidential addendum listing any debts exceeding $10,000. She declined to release the addendum, as is her 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 | Nay |
| Education reform | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Yea |
| Expansion of OTB | Nay |
| 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.
Ten states have a minimum wage indexed to the cost of living.
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