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Paul Honig
Towns represented: Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington
Paul Honig, of Harwinton, won a seat on the Connecticut State Senate, representing District 8, on November 5, 2024. He assumed office in January 2025.
The district includes the towns of Norfolk, Hartland, Canton, Simsbury, New Hartford, Avon, Barkhamsted, Colebrook, and portions of Granby, Harwinton, and Torrington. According to his legislative website, he spent more than 20 years “working in the fixed income finance industry.”
Honig earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985.
TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2025 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State Senate District 8 — at a glance
Population
| Total population | 100,147 |
| Foreign-born population | 10,769 |
| Population under age 18 | 22,155 |
| Population ages 65+ | 18,793 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 9% |
| Percent white | 78% |
| Percent Black | 4% |
| Percent other race | 9% |
Housing
| Total households | 39,490 |
| Owner-occupied households | 30,406 |
| Homeownership rate | 77% |
| Cost-burdened households | 11,064 |
| Cost-burden rate | 29% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 98,854 |
| Population in poverty | 7,959 |
| Poverty rate | 8% |
| Low-income population | 16,893 |
| Low-income rate | 17% |
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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