Norm Needleman | |
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| Member of the Connecticut State Senate from the 33rd district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Art Linares |
| Constituency | Portland,East Hampton,Colchester,Haddam,East Haddam,Chester,Lyme,Deep River,Essex,Clinton,Westbrook,Old Saybrook (Part) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Residence | Essex,Connecticut |
| Website | www |
Norman Needleman,better known as Norm Needleman,is an American politician who is currently serving as the first selectman of Essex,Connecticut. In addition to this,he also currently serves as a Connecticut State Senator from the 33rd district,which includes the town of Essex. Needleman is a member of the Democratic Party.
Needleman was elected as First Selectman of the town of Essex in 2011. [1] Needleman has been re-elected selectman in every election afterwards,most recently in 2019. [2]
In 2018,Needleman ran for the Connecticut State Senate's 33rd district seat,which encompasses Essex and the surrounding towns. Needleman would later win that election over Republican Melissa Ziobron. [3] In August 2020,in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias and Eversource Energy's widely criticized [4] response to power outages brought on by storm damages,Needleman called upon the CEO of Eversource,James Judge,to resign. [5] In 2020,Needleman was re-elected to a second term as state senator. [3]