What does the Comptroller do?
The state comptroller has a broad array of responsibilities that include providing accounting and financial services, to administer employee and retiree benefits, to develop accounting policy and exercise accounting oversight, and to prepare financial reports for state, federal and municipal governments and the public.
Sean Scanlon
Sean Scanlon is the State Representative for the 98th District of Connecticut. The son of a police officer and small business owner, Sean graduated from Boston College and served as Victim Advocate in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office before joining the staff of Senator Chris Murphy in 2009.
Since being elected in 2014, Sean has led the legislature’s effort to combat Connecticut’s opioid epidemic and became a leading voice on issues of mental health and addiction. He has sponsored and passed legislation limiting first-time opioid prescriptions to seven days and requiring first responders to carry Narcan. Sean is the chairman of the Insurance and Real Estate committee and serves on the Public Health and Transportation committees.
Voting Record
We can infer many of his platform issues from his voting record.
HeathCare
- Would Vote YES to HB-5506 : Psychedelic-Assisted Mental Health Treatment Program
- Would Vote YES to HB-5414 : authorize protection for reproductive rights
- Would Vote YES to HB-6003 : Establishes a $25 Cap on Insulin Prices
- Would Vote YES to Extend set of Covid-19 management policies
- Would Vote YES to HB-6423 : Rescinds the Religious Exemption for Mandatory Childhood Vaccines
Business
- Would Vote YES to SB-6 : expand data privacy protections
- Would Vote YES to HB-5505 : authorize certification of aerospace projects
- Would Vote YES to HB-5444 : specify unfair labor practices
- Would Vote YES to SB-1 : Establishes Paid Family and Medical Leave
- Would Vote YES to HB-5504 : Increases the Minimum Wage to $15 Dollars Per Hour
Law and Order
- Would Vote YES to SB-1059 : limit use of solitary confinement
- Would Vote YES to HB-5417 : authorize access to juvenile records
- Would Vote YES to SB-1091 : expand definition of domestic abuse to include coercive control
- Would Vote YES to SB-1019 : Rescind the Criminal Records for Low-Level Felonies and Misdemeanors
- Would Vote YES to HB-6004 : Establishes Independent Inspector General to Investigate Police Shootings and Illegal Uses of Force
- Would Vote YES to SB-992 : Limits Cooperation Between Local Law Enforcement and Federal Immigration Agencies
Discrimination
- Would Vote YES to SB-1 : acknowledge that racism is a public health crisis
- Would Vote YES to HB-6665 : Prohibit ‘Whites Only’ Covenants
- Would Vote YES to HB-6515 : prohibit discrimination based on hairstyle
Environment
- Would Vote YES to HB-6441 : Authorizes Climate Change Adaptation for Shoreline and Inland Communities
- Would Vote YES to HB-7083 : Requires Climate Change Education in School Curriculum
- Would Vote YES to SB-1037 : Expands the Types of Bottles and Cans that Can be Recycled
Voting
- Would Vote YES to HJ-59 : Authorizes Early Voting in Specific Cases
- Would Vote YES to HB-5262 : Expands Access to Absentee Voting
- Would Vote YES to SB-1202 : Extends Convicted Felons’ Voting Rights if They are Committed to Confinement
- Would Vote YES to HB-6002 : Authorizes Statewide Absentee Voting
- Would Vote YES to HB-7160 : Authorizes Voting Access to Parolees
Education
- Voted YES to HB-6844 : Amends Eligibility Requirements for In-State Tuition
- Voted YES to HB-6965 : Requires Certain Hospitals and Universities to Pay Property Taxes
- Voted YES to SB-4 : Authorizes Financial Aid for Undocumented Students
Gun Control
- Voted YES to HB-7223 : Prohibits Unlocked Vehicle Storage of Firearms
- Co-sponsor on HB 7218 : Amends Firearm Storage Regulations
News Articles
- Sean Scanlon says $1,000 grants for essential private-sector workers shouldn’t be reduced.
Platform Issues
- Sean has stated he supports a public option for heath insurance for all small businesses, to lower costs by leveraging larger number of insured. 4:30
Mary Fay
I love serving the public, and solving problems, from small problems, to large problems. I believe all voices need to be represented, and I will do just that. I feel our town is at a tipping point regarding public safety, our finances, infrastructure, and education. These need to be addressed now.
Mary Fay
Connecticut residents are concerned about the state’s economy, high taxes, jobs, public safety and our financial future. Mary’s experience as a senior financial executive and town council woman will bring integrity and efficiencies to the Comptroller position.
Mary has been a member of the Finance, Budget, and Administration subcommittee of the West Hartford town council since she was first elected and has held senior finance positions with Fortune 100 companies.
Platform Issues
“Restoring integrity, tightening financial controls, increasing efficiency and improving accuracy of reporting and forecasting will be my priorities.”
Mary Fay
At the GOP Unity Rally Mary Fay gave this speech where she laid out these priorities with the following timestamps.
- 1:20 : Ensuring retirement plans for all 65,000 Connecticut employees
- 1:22 : Ensuring retirees get their benefits
- 1:24 : Ensuring health care plans are funded
Hot Button Issues
A list of definitions for each issue can be found here. The role of comptroller has no impact on any of these issues.