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for her proposal, but they later switched to the
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Connecticut. She announced in October 2005 she would seek a four-year term in 2006, and was nominated by the Republican Party in May 2006 to seek a full term of her own. Stamford businessman and former
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for the prior year and the state's Rainy Day Fund exceeded $ 1 billion in deposits for the first time. In 2007 she shocked many of her supporters by proposing additional spending for education that would cause the state budget to significantly exceed the spending cap. Paying for the increased
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murders of the Petit family in
Cheshire. Rell announced a panel would review the state's parole policies and create a study on the topic. She also reiterated her support of capital punishment. On July 31, 2007, she announced tighter parole policies and asked the legislature to define
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benefits as they would to heterosexual couples. The bill was amended to define marriage as "between a man and a woman" after Rell threatened a veto. Rell signed the bill despite some
Republican opposition to it, including from the Chairman of the State Republicans at the time.
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Connecticut. The legislature successfully voted to override Rell's veto in June 2008. The legislation raised Connecticut's minimum wage at the time, $ 7.65 an hour to $ 8.00 an hour beginning in January 2009, and to $ 8.25 an hour in 2010.
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was put to death on May 13, 2005. Rell, who supports the death penalty, declined a request by Ross's lawyers to delay the execution in order for the state legislature to debate eliminating the death penalty. Legally, the Governor of Connecticut cannot
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the income tax. A compromise education plan passed both houses of the legislature in late June that did not increase the income tax, but raised the cigarette tax and did not limit property taxes. It nonetheless exceeded the state spending cap.
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1993:"Lou Rell, 73, was 'first spouse' of Connecticut"
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1356:"Jodi Rell Makes History in State's Top Post"
1279:. Connpolitics.tv. 2008-08-15. Archived from
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1914:"Legislature Overrides Minimum Wage Veto"
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1858:"Rell Would Veto Same-Sex Marriage Bill"
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950:"M. Jodi Rell: The Accidental Governor"
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446:Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
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