Connecticut State Senate District 5 (unopposed)

Current seat holder: Derek Slap (D).

Derek Slap

Derek Slap District 5 covers parts of Hartford County. Derek Slap earned an M.B.A. from the UConn School of Business and bachelor's degrees in broadcast journalism and international relations from Syracuse University. Slap was a news anchor and reporter at NBC Connecticut from 1999 to 2004. He has also worked as Director of Communications for Senate Democrats, Chief of Staff for the Senate Democratic Caucus, and as a lecturer at Sacred Heart University, Yale University and Quinnipiac University, among others. In 2017, he won an ARC Angel Award.

“I appreciate that the Board of Regents took this issue seriously and worked to find a reasonable conclusion to President Toro's tenure at Central.” (Candidate statement)
“Now, we must stabilize leadership with an interim president and quickly implement a process for selecting a new leader that includes the voices of students, staff and faculty. It is clear that the vetting process has not worked as intended and campus stakeholders know what kind of leadership is required to ensure success. I implore the Board to make listening a key piece of their next steps.” (Candidate statement)