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Madeleine Leveille
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Madeleine Leveille (Green Party) ran for election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent District 35. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Leveille completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Jesse MacLachlan defeated Jason Adler and Madeleine Leveille in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 35 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jesse MacLachlan (R) | 52.5 | 6,240 |
 | Jason Adler (D) | 46.0 | 5,461 | |
 | Madeleine Leveille (G)  | 1.5 | 181 | |
| Total votes: 11,882 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Madeleine Leveille participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on September 20, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Madeleine Leveille's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1. Tax fairness 2. Coordinated Response to Climate Change on the shoreline and throughout Connecticut |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I am passionate about SUSTAINABILITY: Economic Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, and Social Sustainability. As a forensic psychologist, I look at data, and these data tell me that middle class and working class families are losing ground economically, climate change is real and cannot be ignored, and it is a barometer of our country's health and viability the way we treat women. There are many issues that derive from the concept of sustainability, and I will not back down on addressing these issues.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Madeleine Leveille answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | I look up to my forbearers who left France and the other parts of Europe to come to the “New World” in the 1600s to ultimately create a better life for themselves and their families. Their courage, sense of adventure, and sense of purpose guide me regarding fighting for the rights and wellbeing of the residents of Connecticut.[3] | ” |
| “ | The book, Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Beyond the Rise of the Radical Right, by Jane Mayer, underscored for me the necessity of people like me to take action to protect the rights of the citizens of the United States from erosion by often-unseen wealthy donors to political campaigns. I have benefitted from the largesse of America. I went through college and graduate school on scholarships (academic scholarships and need-based scholarships), and I have had a rewarding career in psychology, a field I love. I am now semi-retired, and I have the time, energy and wisdom to become involved to ensure that rights and opportunities for all, not simply the few, are protected.[3] | ” |
| “ | Integrity, stamina, intelligence, follow-through, desire and ability to serve, courage, leadership, cooperation are some of the characteristics I consider important for an elected official.[3] | ” |
| “ | Integrity, stamina, intelligence, follow-through, desire and ability to serve, courage, leadership, cooperation are some of the characteristics I consider important for an elected official, and these are qualities I possess. In addition, I have wisdom from my years of living and my work in psychology. I know how to listen. I know when to act, and when to collect more data before acting.[3] | ” |
| “ | The core responsibilities of elected officials are to pass laws that promote the community good. help residents to resolve problems, help towns obtain services from the state, facilitate coordination of services in the State, identify long-term as well as short-term issues facing the State and provide reasonable ways of addressing these issues.[3] | ” |
| “ | I want my legacy to include the following:
1. Economic Sustainability: Connecticut has become a state that has a fair tax policy for all its citizens. The current Connecticut state budget crisis has been brought on by a failure to fairly tax wealthy individuals and corporations. Both Democratic and Republican politicians in Hartford have needlessly and dangerously allowed naïve and misleading anti-tax rhetoric to cripple the proper functioning of our state government. One result has been the imposition of a gratuitous regime of austerity on many of the most vulnerable of our fellow citizens. Another result has been that local property taxes have been overburdened as a source of basic revenue for local government. The crises in our state and town budgets must be addressed by readjusting state income tax rates toward greater fairness and closing tax loopholes. Wealthy individuals and corporations should pay their fair share of taxes and not be allowed to act as freeloaders on the body politic. Furthermore, the current system of differential tax rates for wages and proceeds from investments places an unfair burden on the working class and the middle class. Connecticut must not continue to reward the few and penalize the many with a highly regressive system of taxation. As a start, the highest individual income tax rates on individuals in Connecticut should be raised to the levels that are enforced in New York and New Jersey. The State of Connecticut needs to support Main Street, not Wall Street. Rather than giving loans and grants to multinational companies and other big businesses, the State should provide this assistance to local businesses. Research shows that local businesses add more to a town’s economy than big business does. A Connecticut state-sponsored public bank (similar to the very successful state-sponsored Bank of North Dakota) should be established as a way of reducing interest rates on mortgages and consumer loans to small businesses and the public. 2. Environmental Sustainability. Coordinated planning and implementation of evidence-based efforts to address and prepare for climate change. 3. Social Sustainability - including passing an amendment to the State Constitution to protect women's reproductive rights[3] |
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| “ | I clearly remember the Cuban Missile Crisis. I vividly recall kissing my parents ""goodnight"" and thinking we would not wake up in the morning because we would be killed by Russian missiles launched from Cuba. That experience taught me the importance of family, the importance of negotiation and the interconnectedness of countries. It also taught me the importance of educating myself regarding the issues of the broader world, and the importance of taking responsible action.[3] | ” |
| “ | I worked as a file clerk at Blue Cross/Blue Shield for five summers during three years of high school and two years of college. I took pride in making sure that the files were found so that the medical claims people filed could be processed in a timely manner and people (or their medical providers) could receive the funds to which they were entitled.[3] | ” |
| “ | My most awkward date occurred when I was in high school and the two males whom I had been dating showed up at my school dance. I had been dating each of these guys casually, and I did not see either of them often, because one lived 20 miles from my home and the other lived 35 miles from my home. I had met them at two different educational programs for students who were interested in community service. When they showed up at the dance, I did not yet have the experience to handle this situation in as graceful a manner as I would have liked.[3] | ” |
| “ | I love holidays, because my families and friends get together to celebrate life. My mother's birthday has now become a holiday celebration for my extended family. My mother is 104 years old, and her birthday is close to Christmas day. Her birthday celebration allows us to show my mother love and honor her long life and accomplishments. It is also an opportunity to reconnect with extended family and friends in a celebration of life.[3] | ” |
| “ | I am an avid reader, who has wide-ranging tastes. There are many books that I have loved. Some of these include: God: A Biography by Jack Miles, Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig, Adolescent Development: A Life-Span Perspective by Lerner and Spanier, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig, and Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty.[3] | ” |
| “ | I love books, movies and plays, and my understanding and appreciation of life often deepens as a result of these experiences. However, I do not want to be a fictional character, even if I could. I treasure my life with its ups and downs, trials and tribulations, joys and sadness. These experiences have contributed to whom I am today, and I am grateful for them, because of that.[3] | ” |
| “ | My husband, James Connolly, is the person to whom I look forward to coming home each day. However, the favorite object in my house is the location of the house itself. The house is located in Clinton with views (in a distance) of the Indian River and Long Island Sound.[3] | ” |
| “ | Tom Petty's song, ""I Won't Back Down""[3] | ” |
| “ | I wanted to have a child, but I was not able to conceive. I underwent fertility treatments in the mid-1980s without success. It is sad for me that I did not have a child. However, I have been blessed to have two amazing step-children for whom I have been involved in raising to adulthood. I am grateful that the infertility treatments that I underwent contributed to the science that has made it possible for women today to have their own biological children.[3] | ” |
| “ | Because there are joint Senate and House committees, the Connecticut General Assembly acts in some sense as a unicameral body. The differences between the Senate and House are related to the composition of each body and the political make-up of each body. Because the House of Representatives in the Connecticut General Assembly has 151 members, compared to 36 in the Senate, representatives can provide more personal service to their constituents. They are more likely to hear from constituents regarding specific needs in their district, and as a State Representative, I would be diligent in responding to those needs.[3] | ” |
| “ | N/A[3] | ” |
| “ | There is a balance between experience and freshness of perspective. There is always a learning curve whenever one undertakes a new endeavor. Prior experience in government or politics may be helpful to a new officer holder, but experience in other areas also may be helpful. We want someone in the legislature who has sound ideas and knows how to get things done.[3] | ” |
| “ | The greatest challenges concern sustainability: economic, environmental and social[3] | ” |
| “ | to treat each other with civility,
to keep focused on the common good and to make decisions accordingly[3] |
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| “ | It is essential to build relationships with other legislators. This past year I have had the gratifying experience of building a coalition of people who have disparate political views but who were united in preserving our town's wetlands. We came together to prevent the development of an environmentally-destructive industrial waste ""dump"" from being located in the wetlands of the Town of Clinton, and we have energized the residents of Clinton to express their voices and use their power to protect our common environment.[3] | ” |
| “ | There should be commonsense guidelines for redistricting. Towns should be kept in one district, whenever possible. Districts should have boundaries that are reasonable and group people together who have common needs. The goal of redistricting is to better represent the people, not to preserve the political status quo.[3] | ” |
| “ | Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Environment Public Health[3] |
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| “ | N/A[3] | ” |
| “ | If elected to the Connecticut General Assembly, this will be my first term. During this term, I will concentrate on building relationships to advance the issues I have identified previously in this survey, and on serving the residents of the 35th district.[3] | ” |
| “ | I am to be someone who can build coalitions and get things done. Bernie Sanders did that when he was mayor of Burlington and governor of Vermont.[3] | ” |
| “ | No.[3] | ” |
| “ | Yes, I heard from a woman about her husband's premature death. He was only in his early 50's. She told me that her husband was coming home for work exhausted for about a week, which was not like him. She encouraged her husband to see a medical provider, but he refused, telling her that they did not have health insurance and he would be fine any way. This woman told me that her husband died at home of a heart attack. She stated that if he had health insurance, almost certainly he would be alive today. This woman's situation highlights the importance of health insurance for all of Connecticut's residents.[3] | ” |
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Connecticut House of Representatives
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Madeleine Leveille's responses," September 20, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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