When George Jepsen was elected Connecticut attorney general in 2010, he came into office with a consumer protection agenda that sounded much like that of his predecessor, Richard Blumenthal.

Jepsen vowed to fight financial and mortgage fraud, to hold the line on utility rates, and to pursue business tax cheats that deprive the state of much-needed revenue and competitors of an even playing field. He says he has done that, returning more than $537 million to the state treasury in 2013 alone.