Biography

Jason Rojas is proud to serve the 9th Assembly District, which is composed of parts of East Hartford and Manchester. The district covers much of southeastern East Hartford (Hills Street, Oak Street, Silver Lane, Forbes Street, as well as the Mayberry Village and Sunset Hills neighborhoods) and a portion of southwest Manchester (neighborhoods of Keeney and Verplanck elementary schools and Hillstown).

Jason serves as House Majority Leader. In this role, he will work alongside Speaker of the House, Matt Ritter, to shape policy priorities and is responsible for managing the legislative process.

A lifelong resident of East Hartford, Jason attended East Hartford Public Schools and was the first in his family to graduate from college, earning a history degree from the University of Connecticut and a master's degree in public policy from Trinity College.

Outside of the legislature, Jason serves as the Chief of Staff and Associate Vice President for External Affairs to the President of Trinity College. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the East Hartford Alumni Association and Education Foundation, the iQuilt Partnership and is also a Trustee of the Museum for Connecticut History and Culture.

Jason began his political service on the East Hartford Board of Education East followed by service on the East Hartford Town Council.

Jason's policy priorities are the developing affordable housing, the impact of zoning on school, racial and economic segregation, government finance and tax policy and encouraging regionalism and service sharing at the local government level.

He is committed to reforming government and how it should better serve the interests of people. Jason puts a particular emphasis on constituent service and encourages constituents to contact him with concerns, questions and ideas about how to move our district, communities and state forward.

Jason is married to his high school sweetheart, Sarah, and they have three children, and three cats named Kix, Lucky and Finnegan.