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Yaccarino Achieves Perfect Voting Record for 2011 Legislative Session

North Haven Representative voted on all 381 bills brought before the GA.

State Representative Dave Yaccarino (R-North Haven) finished up the regular 2011 Legislative Session with a perfect voting record, participating in all 381 bills brought before the House of Representatives.

Of the 151 House Legislators, only 26 shared Yaccarino's distinction.

“I know the people of North Haven sent me to Hartford to represent their needs,” Yaccarino said in a statement issued today.  “I take my role as an elected official very seriously and will continue to work hard to ensure each and every one of my constituents is served in the legislature and here at home in North Haven.”

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Yaccarino, a first term Republican, serves on the Insurance and Real Estate, Public Safety, and Higher Education and Employment Advancement committees in the General Assembly.

“The people of my district asked for a representative in the legislature they can count on and I’m proud to be their voice,” Yaccarino said.

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