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James Sánchez
Towns represented: Hartford, West Hartford
James B. Sánchez was born and lives in Hartford. Sánchez graduated from South Catholic High School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Sánchez’s career experience includes working as a utility systems monitoring technician and a community affairs assistant with the Metropolitan District Commission.
2025 TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2023 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
- Years in position: 3
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State House District 6 — at a glance
Population
| Total population | 23,128 |
| Foreign-born population | 6,116 |
| Population under age 18 | 4,986 |
| Population ages 65+ | 3,416 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 59% |
| Percent white | 18% |
| Percent Black | 21% |
| Percent other race | 3% |
Housing
| Total households | 9,189 |
| Owner-occupied households | 4,245 |
| Homeownership rate | 46% |
| Cost-burdened households | 4,520 |
| Cost-burden rate | 51% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 22,797 |
| Population in poverty | 3,824 |
| Poverty rate | 17% |
| Low-income population | 8,194 |
| Low-income rate | 36% |
District data used with permission of DataHaven 2024 Connecticut State Legislative District Profiles. Legislator data used with permission of Ballotpedia. Have a correction or addition to report about this data? Email us.
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