Gary Winfield
Gary Winfield is the incumbent Democratic / Working Families Party member of the Connecticut State Senate representing District 10, running for re-election on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. District 10 covers parts of New Haven County. Winfield's professional experience includes working at the Connecticut State University-American Association of University Professors. He founded QUEST Educational Initiatives in 2003, and has been a Field Advisor with Alstom Power, an enlisted member with the United States Naval Nuclear Power Program, and an intern with Appropriations Committee Chair Bill Dyson.
“I'm here to tell you other people's experiences matter. And yes, I represent New Haven and West Haven, but as I have said many, many times, I'm a member of the circle. So all of those experiences are important. The mixture of experiences are important. And reality is not my reality or your reality. Reality is where our realities meet, and when our realities meet, things like this come about.”
(Candidate statement) “There was not a single Republican vote in the Judiciary Committee in favor of the ICE bill, which is absolutely critical to the health of our state and our democracy. In my opinion this is the most consequential bill that the General Assembly has addressed so far this session.”
(Candidate statement) “Despite our decades-long reputation as a moderate and somewhat politically bipartisan state, I think the Republican Senate Caucus will be hard-pressed today to vote against this bill and still be able to claim that they are not completely aligned with Donald Trump's MAGA movement.”
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