Jeff Gordon is an American physician and politician from the state of
Connecticut. A member of the
Republican Party
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, he has been a member of the
Connecticut State Senate
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representing the
35th District since 2023.
Career
Gordon is a
hematologist
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oncologist. He is a former president of the Connecticut State Medical Society.
[Alison Cross]
New class of 36 legislators enters the Connecticut General Assembly. Here’s what they have planned.
''Hartford Courant'' (January 10, 2023). He formerly was a member of the
Town of Woodstock Planning & Zoning Commission.
Gordon was elected as a Republican to the state Senate in November 2022 from
Connecticut's 35th State Senate district
Connecticut's 35th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State Senate. It consists of the communities of Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willing ...
; his district covers
Ashford Ashford may refer to:
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,
Chaplin Chaplin may refer to:
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,
Coventry,
Eastford
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History
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,
Ellington
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,
Hampton,
Stafford
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,
Thompson
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Tolland,
Union,
Vernon,
Willington, and Woodstock.
[
He took office in January 2023.][ 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
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by 2035. He argued that EV infrastructure was too expensive.[Mike Hydeck]
Face the Facts: A look at the state's plan to start phasing out gas-powered cars
NBC Connecticut (November 5, 2023).
References
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American hematologists
American oncologists
1967 births
Living people
Republican Party Connecticut state senators
Physicians from Connecticut