Jeff Gordon | |
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![]() Jeff Gordon in 2024 | |
Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 35th district | |
Assumed office January 4, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Dan Champagne |
Personal details | |
Born | Jeffrey Alan Gordon October 18,1967 Worcester,Massachusetts,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Dr. Lisa Canter |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Woodstock,Connecticut,U.S. |
Occupation | Physician,politician |
Website | Official website |
Jeffrey Alan Gordon is an American physician and politician who is a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the 35th District. He is a member of the Republican Party. He won election in 2022 and re-election in 2024.
Gordon was born and raised in Worcester,Massachusetts. He graduated from Doherty Memorial High School in 1985.
Gordon graduated from Brandeis University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989. He graduated from the UMass Chan Medical School (formerly known as the University of Massachusetts Medical School) with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1993.
Gordon completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1996. He then completed a Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1999.
Gordon is a physician who specializes in the care of people who have blood disorders or cancers (hematologist-oncologist). [1] He is Board certified in both Hematology and Medical Oncology.
Gordon is a former President (2016–2017),Council Chair,and Speaker of the House of Delegates of the Connecticut State Medical Society. [2] [3]
Gordon served 16 years (four,4-year terms) as a member of the Town of Woodstock Planning &Zoning Commission (2007 - 2023). Fifteen of those years Gordon served as chairman,being unanimously elected to each 1-year term as chairman. [4]
Gordon was elected as a Republican to the State Senate in November 2022 from Connecticut's 35th State Senate district;his district covers 13 towns in northeastern and north central Connecticut:Ashford,Chaplin,Coventry,Eastford,Ellington (part),Hampton,Stafford,Thompson (part),Tolland,Union,Vernon,Willington,and Woodstock. [3]
Gordon took office in January 2023 for his first term. [3] During this time,Gordon served as the Ranking Senator on the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. Gordon also served on the Appropriations,Public Health,and Public Safety and Security committees.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeff Gordon | 20,927 | 50.6% | |
Democratic | Lisa Thomas | 20,456 | 49.4% | |
Total votes | 41.383 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeff Gordon (incumbent) | 27,886 | 52.7 | |
Democratic | Merry Garrett | 24,991 | 47.3% | |
Total votes | 52,877 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |