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Joan V. Hartley
Towns represented: Middlebury, Naugatuck, Waterbury
Joan Hartley, of Waterbury, assumed office in 2001.
Hartley earned her B.A. from Elms College and her M.A. from Trinity College. Her professional experience includes working as an educator.
TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2001 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
- Appropriations Committee , Vice Chair
- Commerce Committee , Co-Chair
- Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee
- Joint Committee on Legislative Management
- Regulation Review Committee
- Energy and Technology Committee
2024 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State Senate District 15 — at a glance
Population
| Total population | 104,993 |
| Foreign-born population | 19,605 |
| Population under age 18 | 23,787 |
| Population ages 65+ | 14,186 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 32% |
| Percent white | 35% |
| Percent Black | 26% |
| Percent other race | 8% |
Housing
| Total households | 41,681 |
| Owner-occupied households | 19,258 |
| Homeownership rate | 46% |
| Cost-burdened households | 17,781 |
| Cost-burden rate | 45% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 103,390 |
| Population in poverty | 20,853 |
| Poverty rate | 20% |
| Low-income population | 42,363 |
| Low-income rate | 41% |
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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