Jim Jinks
Jim Jinks (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent District 90. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Jinks completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jim Jinks was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut in 1994 and a master's degree from Trinity College in 2016. Jinks' career experience includes working in the marketing industry.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 90
Incumbent Craig Fishbein defeated Jim Jinks in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 90 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Craig Fishbein (R / Independent Party) | 50.0 | 7,055 | |
| Jim Jinks (D / Working Families Party) | 50.0 | 7,048 | ||
| Total votes: 14,103 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jim Jinks advanced from the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 90.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Craig Fishbein advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 90.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jim Jinks completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jinks' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Pandemic or not my top priority is growing a stronger economy in Wallingford and Cheshire and more broadly, Connecticut. We need to address affordability in four areas - health care, transportation, housing and energy. We need to work on educating our kids better in math and science. Our state has employers in advanced manufacturing and bio-tech offering jobs to out-of-state residents because they can't find the people with the skills right here at home. We also need to find ways to make it easier to start small businesses and foster entrepreneurship, especially as more people are out of work now. Traditionally economic downturns spur innovation and are times when more people are looking to start new businesses. We can also be encouraging businesses to enable their employees to continue to work from home. This lowers living costs for employees and can increase productivity and efficiency for business. Telecommuting also reduces traffic on our roads, reducing transportation costs for all the businesses relying on our highways for distributing products. We need to invest in computing power and connectivity. This is important infrastructure in our hi-tech economy. High value services and industry need strong, reliable communications networks to function effectively and efficiently. The lack of this infrastructure has been a big drag on job growth in our state. We have to make it a priority now.
- Service and responsiveness.
- Economic growth and progress.
- Strengthening the middle glass.
Economic development.
Transportation, complete streets and mobility.
Education.
Health care.
Technology.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 6, 2020
