Claudia Powers
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from the 151st district
In office
January 6, 1993 – January 7, 2009
Preceded byLydia Stevens
Succeeded byFred Camillo
Personal details
Born (1950-05-28) May 28, 1950
Key West, Florida
Political partyRepublican

Claudia "Dolly" Powers (born May 28, 1950) is an American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 151st district between 1993 and 2009.[1][2] Powers began her tenure in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1993 from the Republican party, having beaten Democrat Elaine Markley Schuman with 65 percent of the vote for the 151st district in Greenwich.[3] After that, she was re-elected seven times, leaving in January 2009 with the election of Republican Fred Camillo.[4]

Connecticut House of Representatives

Busing

In 1993, Powers was the only House legislator to vote against a measure that provided $2.6 million (equivalent to $5,300,000 in 2022) for public bus subsidies in Bridgeport and New Haven. Powers stated that she did not vote for the plan because it did not contain any funding for her home district in Greenwich; the Hartford Courant wrote that Greenwich was an "affluent community" along with other Connecticut cities that received no funding, such as New Canaan, Darien, and Westport.[5]

Hospice care

In 2007, Powers proposed bills in the Connecticut House of Representatives that would have included hospice in the Connecticut's Medicare program, which were introduced after her father received hospice care.[6] Powers commented to the Courant that "it made all the difference in my family"; she also stated that Connecticut state prison inmates have access to hospice care through a government program introduced in 2001.[6]

Later life

After leaving the Connecticut House of Representatives, Powers became a columnist for the Greenwich Time.[7]

Electoral history

1992 Connecticut's 151st assembly district election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Claudia Powers 6,918 65.0%
Democratic Elaine Markley Schuman 3,727 35.0%
1994 Connecticut's 151st assembly district election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Claudia Powers 6,210 74.5%
Democratic Elaine Markley Schuman 2,131 26.5%
1996 Connecticut's 151st assembly district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Claudia Powers 7,146 72.0%
Democratic Gwen M. Bylinsky 2,779 28.0%
1998 Connecticut's 151st assembly district election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Claudia Powers 5,323 100%
2000 Connecticut's 151st assembly district election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Claudia Powers 7,328 100%
2002 Connecticut's 151st assembly district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Claudia Powers 4,792 100%
2004 Connecticut's 151st assembly district election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Claudia Powers 6,885 100%
2006 Connecticut's 151st assembly district election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Claudia Powers 3,883 50.8%
Democratic Edward T. Krumeich 3,751 49.2%

References

  1. ↑ "Greenwich News Newspaper Archives, Feb 8, 1996, p. 4". Newspaperarchive.com. February 8, 1996. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ "State Representative Claudia Powers". Housegop.state.ct.us. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Secretary of the State of Connecticut 1992.
  4. ↑ Secretary of the State of Connecticut 2008.
  5. ↑ "School grants, bus funds supported by committee". The Hartford Courant. March 11, 1993. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 Somma, Ann Marie (November 25, 2007). "State offers no option for hospice". The Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Claudia "Dolly" Powers". Greenwich Time. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ Secretary of the State of Connecticut 1994.
  9. ↑ Secretary of the State of Connecticut 1996.
  10. ↑ Secretary of the State of Connecticut 1998.
  11. ↑ Secretary of the State of Connecticut 2000.
  12. ↑ Secretary of the State of Connecticut 2002.
  13. ↑ Secretary of the State of Connecticut 2004.
  14. ↑ Secretary of the State of Connecticut 2006.

Election results

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