Biography
Jill Oberlander is the Democratic candidate for Connecticut State Senate District 36 in the November 3, 2026 general election, an open-seat race against Joe Kelly (R / Independent Party of Connecticut).[1][2] According to her campaign website, she is a Greenwich attorney and local official who has served on the town's Board of Selectmen and chaired its Board of Estimate and Taxation.[3]
Jill Oberlander's campaign website says she was raised in a family rooted in public service and began her career with New York City's Parks Department.[3] It says she earned a law degree from the University of Chicago and a master's in Public Administration from Cornell, and worked in private law firms and with nonprofit organizations delivering public services.[3]
The website says Oberlander and her husband raised three children in Greenwich, where she has lived for 20 years.[3] It says she served on the Board of Selectmen, was unanimously elected chair of the Board of Estimate and Taxation as the first Democrat to hold that seat, and served six years on the Representative Town Meeting, to which she was recently reelected.[3] According to Ballotpedia, she was the Democratic nominee for Connecticut House District 150 in 2014 and lost to Republican Mike Bocchino, 48.1 percent to 51.9 percent.[2]
- 1.Connecticut State Senate elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Jill Oberlander · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.About Jill - Jill Oberlander for State Senate · Oberlander2026 Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Connecticut Senate District 36
Jill Oberlander is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Connecticut Senate District 36 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.