Senators
Senator Kevin Kelly
Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Higher Education (Ranking Member), Legislative Management (Ranking Member), Executive & Legislative Nominations (Member), Regulation Review (Member)
Towns represented: Monroe, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford
Latest news: CT Sens. Kelly & Harding Express Disappointment Over Dems’ Passage of “TCI on Steroids”
Senator Eric Berthel
Chief Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Appropriations (Ranking Member), Banks (Ranking Member), Education (Ranking Member), Internship (Chair)
Towns represented: Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Washington, Watertown, Woodbury
Latest news: Listen | Sen. Berthel and Republicans are pushing for a more accountable CT. (WTIC 1080)
Senator Tony Hwang
Chief Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Insurance & Real Estate (Ranking Member), Transportation (Ranking Member), Finance (Member), Planning & Development (Member)
Towns represented: Bethel, Easton, Fairfield, Newtown
Latest news: Sen. Hwang: “Education and awareness programs can break down bias and stereotypes.”
Senator John A. Kissel
Chief Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Judiciary (Ranking Member), Regulation Review (Chair), General Law (Member)
Towns represented: East Granby, Ellington, Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Latest news: (Listen) Why is CT shaving decades and decades off of brutal convicted murderers’ prison sentences?
Senator Henri Martin
Chief Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Commerce (Ranking Member), Finance (Ranking Member), Executive & Legislative Nominations (Member), Transportation (Member)
Towns represented: Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth, Thomaston
Senator Heather Somers
Chief Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Executive & Legislative Nominations (Ranking Member), Public Health (Ranking Member), Appropriations (Member), Commerce (Member)
Towns represented: Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown
Latest news: Listen: “A slap in the face to victims.”
Senator Paul Cicarella
Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: General Law (Ranking Member), Public Safety (Ranking Member), Regulation Review (Member), Veterans' Affairs (Member)
Towns represented: Durham, East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford, North Branford
Senator Ryan Fazio
Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Energy & Technology (Ranking Member), Planning & Development (Ranking Member), Finance (Member), Transportation (Member)
Towns represented: Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford
Senator Jeff Gordon
Assistant Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Veterans' Affairs (Ranking Member), Appropriations (Member), Public Health (Member), Public Safety (Member)
Towns represented: Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Stafford, Thompson, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock
Latest news: With state and federal aid, affordable housing remains a top priority in CT | CT Mirror
Senator Stephen Harding
Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Environment (Ranking Member), Education (Member), Finance (Member), Judiciary (Member)
Towns represented: Bethlehem, Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Fairfield, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester
Latest news: CT Sens. Kelly & Harding Express Disappointment Over Dems’ Passage of “TCI on Steroids”
Senator Rob Sampson
Deputy Republican Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Government Administration & Elections (Ranking Member), Housing (Ranking Member), Labor (Ranking Member), Judiciary (Member)
Towns represented: Cheshire, Prospect, Southington, Wolcott, Waterbury
Latest news: Video | ‘All discrimination is wrong.’ Sen. Sampson unpacks bill to study the state workforce (3/23/2023)
Senator Lisa Seminara
Assistant Deputy Leader
2023-2024 Committees: Aging (Ranking Member), Children (Ranking Member), Human Services (Ranking Member), Education (Member)
Towns represented: Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington
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