Jillian Gilchrest
Democratic · CT · Connecticut State Representative, 18th District
Jillian Gilchrest has represented the 18th District of West Hartford in the Connecticut General Assembly since 2018 and is House Chair of the Human Services Committee. She previously served as Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut and holds a Masters Degree in Social Work.
Where Jillian Gilchrest stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (3 records), Women's Reproductive Rights (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 3 support
Joined Connecticut Democratic lawmakers at a January 2025 Capitol press conference backing a $250 million plan to raise what Medicaid, the health program for low-income people, pays doctors and clinics to 75 to 80 percent of Medicare rates over four years. She cited surgeons whose payment for a knee replacement did not cover the artificial knee, and health centers losing about $120 per Medicaid dental visit.
January 28, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: ctmirror.org · researched August 6, 2026
Co-wrote a bill with her Human Services Committee co-chair to raise what Medicaid pays doctors, the broadest such increase in over 15 years.
March 24, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: ctmirror.org · researched August 6, 2026
Backed opening Connecticut's HUSKY health coverage to children regardless of immigration status, calling it a human rights issue as committee co-chair.
March 6, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: ctmirror.org · researched August 6, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
Co-sponsored the reproductive health care protection bill that became Public Act 22-19 when the governor signed it.
May 5, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: cga.ct.gov · researched August 6, 2026
Voted for the bill shielding patients and providers of reproductive health care in Connecticut from out-of-state lawsuits. The House passed it 87-60.
April 19, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: cga.ct.gov · researched August 6, 2026
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Received the endorsement of Progressive Victory in the Democratic primary for Connecticut's 1st Congressional District.
May 7, 2026
Source: ctmirror.org · researched August 6, 2026
Past race Jillian Gilchrest ran in:
- United States Representative · August 11, 2026 · Congressional District 1 (119th Congress), Connecticut
Profile last researched August 7, 2026.