Charles.Clemons@cga.ct.gov
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860-240-8585
Housatonic Community College
Appropriations, Judiciary, Public Safety
Bridgeport
Legislator
$30,443. Clemons participated in the state's public campaign financing program.
| Quentin L Dreher (R) | 191 | (8.9%) |
| Charles Clemons, Jr (D) | 1,960 | (91.1%) |
| 0 | (0%) |
Clemons was elected in a special election in 2003. He succeeded Democrat Ernest E. Newton II, who had resigned after winning a vacant state Senate seat. Clemons later was a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Newton, who resigned from the Senate after his conviction for bribery.
Clemons is a Bridgeport native who worked as a city firefighter until his retirement in 1999. He served on the Bridgeport City Council before his election to the legislature.
Clemons, a retired Bridgeport firefighter, reported income from city pension. He owns a home in Bridgeport.He reported owning no securities worth more than $5,000.Clemons 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 | Nay |
| Education reform | Yea |
| Electric regulation | Yea |
| Expansion of OTB | Yea |
| School bus seatbelts | Absent |
| 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
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