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Gary Winfield
Towns represented: New Haven, West Haven
Gary Winfield lives in New Haven. Winfield’s professional experience includes working at the Connecticut State University-American Association of University Professors. He founded QUEST Educational Initiatives in 2003, and has been a field advisor with Alstom Power, an enlisted member with the United States Naval Nuclear Power Program, and an intern with Appropriations Committee Chair Bill Dyson.
He is a neighborhood representative for Empower New Haven, chair of the Connecticut Federation of Black Democratic Clubs, and member of the Brotherhood Leadership Summit, Community Baptist Church, and People Against Injustice.
TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2014 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
- Appropriations Committee
- Education Committee, Vice Chair
- Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee
- Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Joint Committee on Legislative Management
- Judiciary Committee, Co-Chair
- Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
2024 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State Senate District 10 — at a glance
Population
| Total population | 99,482 |
| Foreign-born population | 18,746 |
| Population under age 18 | 23,417 |
| Population ages 65+ | 9,826 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 29% |
| Percent white | 28% |
| Percent Black | 34% |
| Percent other race | 9% |
Housing
| Total households | 34,739 |
| Owner-occupied households | 10,714 |
| Homeownership rate | 31% |
| Cost-burdened households | 16,709 |
| Cost-burden rate | 50% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 90,730 |
| Population in poverty | 22,024 |
| Poverty rate | 24% |
| Low-income population | 42,405 |
| Low-income rate | 47% |
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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