State Senate: | Connecticut |
District: | 35th |
Jeff Gordon | |
Birth Place: | Massachusetts, U.S. |
Residence: | Woodstock, Connecticut, U.S. |
Term Start: | January 4, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Dan Champagne (R) |
Party: | Republican |
Children: | 1 |
Birth Name: | Jeffrey Alan Gordon |
Occupation: | Physician, politician |
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.
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]