# Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox

Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox is a Democratic member of the Connecticut Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Connecticut Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2d581ca4-1fb8-4e7c-9f33-060db9ed895e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2d581ca4-1fb8-4e7c-9f33-060db9ed895e (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Gadkar-Wilcox has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.04), from 709 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CT 2025–26 session)

863 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Connecticut Senate 97.8%). Party unity 99.2% (97.9%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5385 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY UNDUE DELAY IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS BY POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5385/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5001 AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR ALL AND VARIOUS OTHER REFORMS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5001/
- 2026-05-06 · voted not voting · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5043 AN ACT CONCERNING CONVERTIBLE PISTOLS, UNFINISHED FRAMES OR UNFINISHED LOWER RECEIVERS, VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION AND… · fail · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5043/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5155 AN ACT CONCERNING PESTICIDE REPORTING MODERNIZATION. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5155/
- 2026-05-06 · voted nay · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5001 AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR ALL AND VARIOUS OTHER REFORMS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS. · fail · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5001/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5331 AN ACT CONCERNING THE AIR PERMITS OF CERTAIN CREMATORIES. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5331/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5557 AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5557/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5573 AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF TORRINGTON. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5573/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · Senate Roll Call Vote · SB 477 AN ACT CONCERNING THE FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND LIST EXEMPTIONS, A MUNICIPAL OPTION TO ABATE DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES ON CERTAIN PARCELS OF… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB477/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · Senate Roll Call Vote · HB 5143 AN ACT REQUIRING TRAINING FOR HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCY EMPLOYEES. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5143/

## Legislation (CT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 35.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Connecticut Senate 39.9%; rank 19 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1: AN ACT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, MAKING DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,… (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB1/
- SB 2: AN ACT SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMERCE. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB2/
- SB 91: AN ACT ENHANCING THE INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND ESTABLISHING PROTECTED AREAS. (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB91/
- SB 397: AN ACT CONCERNING DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE USE AND RETENTION OF DATA DERIVED FROM AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB397/
- HB 5485: AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING STUDY. (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5485/
- SB 3: AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB3/
- SB 9: AN ACT SUPPORTING COMMUTERS AND MICROTRANSIT SERVICES AND CONCERNING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB9/
- SB 435: AN ACT CONCERNING AUTOMATED DECISION SYSTEMS PROTECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB435/
- SB 7: AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB7/
- HB 5003: AN ACT CONCERNING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE STATE. (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5003/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senatedems.ct.gov/senator/sujata-gadkar-wilcox
- Campaign site: https://sujatact.com/
- X: https://x.com/SujataforCT
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SujataForCT
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sujata.gadkarwilcox
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sujataforct/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sujataforct4455

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2d581ca4-1fb8-4e7c-9f33-060db9ed895e