Jeff Gordon
Member of the Connecticut Senate
from the 35th district
Assumed office
January 4, 2023
Preceded byDan Champagne (R)
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Alan Gordon

1967 (age 56–57)
Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children1
Residence(s)Woodstock, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationPhysician, politician
WebsiteOfficial website

Jeff Gordon is an American physician and politician from the state of Connecticut. A member of the Republican Party, he has been a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the 35th District since 2023.

Career

Gordon is a hematologist-oncologist.[1] He is a former president of the Connecticut State Medical Society.[2][3] He formerly was a member of the Town of Woodstock Planning & Zoning Commission.[4]

Gordon was elected as a Republican to the state Senate in November 2022 from Connecticut's 35th State Senate district; his district covers Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Stafford, Thompson, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, and Woodstock.[3]

He took office in January 2023.[3] In the state Senate, Gordon opposed proposed legislation in 2023 to phase out conventional gas-powered cars, and to mandate that all new car sales in Connecticut be electric vehicles by 2035. He argued that EV infrastructure was too expensive.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Mark Pazniokas, Small shifts in power hide big changes within CT General Assembly, CTMirror.org (November 27, 2022).
  2. ↑ Paul Schott, Opioid crisis sparks push to return to 'fundamentals of pain management', CTInsider.com (June 28, 2021).
  3. 1 2 3 Alison Cross, New class of 36 legislators enters the Connecticut General Assembly. Here’s what they have planned.. Hartford Courant (January 10, 2023).
  4. ↑ "Jeffrey Gordon". Town of Woodstock. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  5. ↑ Mike Hydeck, Face the Facts: A look at the state's plan to start phasing out gas-powered cars, NBC Connecticut (November 5, 2023).
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