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Jeff Gordon
Towns represented: Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Stafford, Thompson, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock
Jeff Gordon’s career experience includes working as a physician. Gordon, of Woodstock, volunteered as president of the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS), as chair of the CSMS Council, as speaker of the CSMS House of Delegates, as founding chair of the CTHealthLink electronic medical record information exchange, as a member of the CT Medical Examining Board, and as a member of the American Medical Association’s Council on Legislation. He also volunteered as president of the Woodstock Education Foundation, treasurer of the Woodstock Agricultural Society, and vice president of the Woodstock Safety Patrol. Gordon was elected to Woodstock’s Planning & Zoning Commission in 2007.
TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2023 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
2024 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
- Appropriations Committee
- Planning and Development Committee, Ranking Member
- Public Health Committee
- Public Safety and Security Committee
- Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Ranking Member
2024 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State Senate District 35 — at a glance
Population
| Total population | 97,470 |
| Foreign-born population | 6,112 |
| Population under age 18 | 18,999 |
| Population ages 65+ | 17,821 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 9% |
| Percent white | 83% |
| Percent Black | 2% |
| Percent other race | 7% |
Housing
| Total households | 40,179 |
| Owner-occupied households | 29,966 |
| Homeownership rate | 75% |
| Cost-burdened households | 10,430 |
| Cost-burden rate | 27% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 96,744 |
| Population in poverty | 7,469 |
| Poverty rate | 8% |
| Low-income population | 17,597 |
| Low-income rate | 18% |
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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