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Stephen Harding, Jr.
Towns represented: Bethlehem, Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Fairfield, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester
Stephen Harding, Jr. began serving as State Senate minority leader on February 16, 2024. Harding was born in New York, New York, and now lives in Brookfield, Connecticut. Harding graduated from Brookfield High School in 2005. He earned a B.A. in marketing from Albertus Magnus College in 2009 and a J.D. from New York Law School in 2012. Harding’s career experience includes working as the principal attorney with Stephen Harding Law, an associate attorney with the Law Offices of Dean L. Lewis, and a legal intern with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. He has been affiliated with Brookfield Cares.
TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2023 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
- Appropriations Committee
- Environment Committee, Ranking Member
- Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee
- Regulation Review Committee
- Joint Committee on Legislative Management, Ranking Member
2024 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State Senate District 30 — at a glance
Population
| Total population | 103,466 |
| Foreign-born population | 10,361 |
| Population under age 18 | 20,294 |
| Population ages 65+ | 21,439 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 10% |
| Percent white | 80% |
| Percent Black | 4% |
| Percent other race | 7% |
Housing
| Total households | 41,959 |
| Owner-occupied households | 32,665 |
| Homeownership rate | 78% |
| Cost-burdened households | 13,410 |
| Cost-burden rate | 33% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 101,969 |
| Population in poverty | 7,961 |
| Poverty rate | 8% |
| Low-income population | 17,646 |
| 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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