Dr. Saud Anwar in his medical office, wearing a stethoscope

Serving our community.
Delivering results.

Dr. Saud Anwar - physician, former South Windsor mayor, and our state senator since 2019 - with a record of delivering on health care, affordability, and safer communities for our four towns.

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1st in the nation

Connecticut's law restricting private equity in our hospitals - which Senator Anwar led, passed 27–9 and signed in 2026

SB 196 / PA 26-22 →

$0M+ saved

saved for Connecticut residents - the gas-tax cut, free bus service, sales-tax-free week, and capped insulin costs

CT Mirror, 2022 →

0 weeks paid leave

of paid family & medical leave he helped pass - among the strongest in the nation

CT Paid Leave, 2019 →

The work ahead

He'll keep fighting for us.

A record is a promise kept. Saud will keep pushing for our families in the next term - building on what has already been achieved, and recognizing that as the landscape changes, more is always needed.

Lower the cost of living

Building on more than $600 million already saved for residents, he'll keep going after the everyday costs squeezing our families.

Protect your health care - and lower its cost

As a doctor, he'll keep fighting rising insurance and prescription costs, defending coverage from federal cuts, and keeping private equity out of our hospitals.

Keep our families healthy and safe

From measles outbreaks to the addiction crisis, he'll meet public health threats with medicine and science - not stigma or delay.

Keep delivering for our four towns

Bringing state dollars home for our schools, parks and main streets - and showing up for every vote and every neighbor.

Proof he delivers

He's done it before - and here's the proof.

Every promise above rests on a record already delivered - a foundation to keep building on. Here is what listening, then acting, has meant for our families.

Case 01 / 06

Our hospitals

Protecting the hospitals our families depend on.

He sawWhen Prospect Medical's 2025 bankruptcy put Manchester Memorial and Rockville General - the hospitals where Dr. Anwar practices - at financial risk, after sale-leaseback deals had weakened them.

He didLed Senate Bill 196, restricting future hospital sale-leaseback deals on main campuses and requiring hospitals to attest that private equity does not control their clinical decisions.

DeliveredSigned into law May 27, 2026 as Public Act 26-22 - reportedly the first law of its kind in the nation, passed by the Senate 27–9.
Read the law - SB 196 / PA 26-22 →

0–0 the Senate vote

to protect our hospitals and the patients who depend on them

Case 02 / 06

Your insurance

A computer shouldn't overrule your doctor.

He sawHealth insurers increasingly using automated systems to deny coverage - with too little accountable, human medical review.

He didCo-sponsored and helped pass Senate Bill 10, a broad patient-protection law that prohibits using artificial intelligence to deny care based on medical necessity.

DeliveredSigned June 2025 as Public Act 25-94 - in Connecticut, a denial based on medical necessity requires accountable human review.
Read the law - SB 10 / PA 25-94 →

0 AI denials

based on medical necessity without accountable human review - that's Connecticut law

Case 03 / 06

Affordability

Making life more affordable for Connecticut families.

He sawFamilies feeling the squeeze at the pump, the pharmacy counter, and the kitchen table - with rising costs and medical debt weighing on households.

He didHelped cut the state gas tax, extend the sales-tax-free week, fund free bus service, cap insulin costs, strengthen medical-debt protections, raise the minimum wage, and pass paid family and medical leave.

DeliveredMore than $600 million in savings for Connecticut residents - and more time to care for the people they love.

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in savings for Connecticut residents through cost-of-living relief

Case 04 / 06

Homes & families

Standing up for our homes, our workers, and our kids.

He sawCrumbling concrete foundations threatening thousands of area families with financial ruin - and serious safety risks facing the home health care workers who look after us.

He didHelped fund the state's crumbling-foundations repair program, and co-sponsored the 2024 health and safety law (Public Act 24-19) strengthening protections for home health workers. Championed a comprehensive children's mental health plan and better indoor air quality in classrooms.

DeliveredThousands of homes helped, safer conditions for the workers who care for us, and healthier schools for our kids.
Read the law - SB 1 (2024) / PA 24-19 → Foundation repair program →

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helped through the crumbling-foundations repair program across our towns

Case 05 / 06

Your utility bills

Holding the utilities accountable to you.

He sawElectric bills climbing higher and higher - padded with charges that served utility shareholders more than the families paying them.

He didHelped pass the Ratepayers First Act, stripping unjustified charges off customers' bills and strengthening oversight so utilities answer to ratepayers, not shareholders.

DeliveredAn estimated $800 million cut from electric bills over three years - real relief on a bill every family pays.

$0M off electric bills

over three years, by holding the utilities accountable to ratepayers

Case 06 / 06

Vaccines

Keeping vaccines available for Connecticut families.

He sawAs federal vaccine guidance grew uncertain, families across Connecticut were left wondering whether routine, recommended vaccines would stay available and covered.

He didAs Senate Chair of Public Health, guided House Bill 5044 into law - establishing Connecticut's own vaccine standards so access here is decided in our state.

DeliveredSigned April 27, 2026 as Public Act 26-3 - Connecticut set its own course on protecting access to recommended vaccines.
Read the law - HB 5044 / PA 26-3 →

Apr 0 2026, signed

Connecticut's own vaccine standards, established in state law

Where he stands

On the issues that matter to your family.

Not just what he's done, but where he stands and what he'll keep defending - whatever the issue you care about most.

Lowering the cost of living

More than $600 million already saved for residents - through balanced budgets with no new taxes that also pay down billions in long-term debt.

Tax cuts and a balanced budget

Backing balanced, bipartisan budgets with no new taxes - protecting middle-class income-tax cuts while paying down billions in long-term debt for the next generation.

Cutting your electric bill

The Ratepayers First Act cut electric bills by $800 million over three years by removing charges that never belonged there - and holds the utilities accountable to ratepayers, not shareholders.

Improving access to health care - and lowering its cost

Capped insulin, expanded telehealth and mental-health coverage, stronger medical-debt protections, expanded treatment for the opioid crisis, and prescriptions safely imported from Canada.

Keeping private equity out of our hospitals

A first-in-the-nation law restricting hospital sale-leasebacks and barring private-equity control of clinical decisions.

Universal, affordable child care and stronger schools

Setting Connecticut on a path where no family pays more than 7% of its income for child care - plus a landmark expansion of pre-K and new investment in special education and K-12.

Investing in our kids

Raised the Child Tax Credit, championed one of the nation's most comprehensive children's mental-health plans, and fought for debt-free community college.

Protecting your privacy from Big Tech

Letting you delete your personal data from broker websites, banning the sale of your precise location, and requiring an opt-out from facial recognition in public - Connecticut isn't waiting for Washington.

Guarding families from the harms of AI

Requiring AI chatbots to flag signs of suicidal ideation and connect users to help, notifying workers when AI is used in hiring, and investing in an AI Academy so our workers thrive.

Standing up to Washington's cuts

A $500 million Emergency Response Fund to backfill federal cuts to food assistance, Medicaid and the ACA - and firm limits on ICE overreach in our schools, hospitals, and churches.

Backing our workers and veterans

Paid family leave for thousands of school employees, retirement security for personal care attendants, fair benefits for families of fallen first responders, and expanded property-tax exemptions and tuition waivers for veterans.

Supporting our farmers

A new Dairy Modernization Grant Program and expanded farm tax credits to protect a way of life that's been part of Connecticut's identity for generations.

A cleaner, healthier Connecticut

A commitment to carbon neutrality, cleaner drinking water, expanded lead abatement, healthier classroom air, and more clean, home-grown solar energy.

Protecting families from violence and trafficking

Stronger protections against domestic violence and child abuse, more resources against sex trafficking, and safer conditions for home-health workers.

Protecting reproductive freedom & your rights

Safeguarded reproductive freedom, expanded access to the ballot, and protected the rights and safety of LGBTQ residents - and opportunities for our youth.

Beyond the Senate

The person behind the votes.

Long before he was anyone's senator, Saud was the doctor who showed up - in the clinic, at ground zero, in disaster zones, and across the lines that divide us. The same steady hands, the same open heart. That's who casts the votes.

He never left the bedside

For 20 years, Saud has chaired the Department of Internal Medicine at Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospital. He still cares for the very neighbors he represents - so he feels our community's struggles the way a doctor does, and he keeps seeing patients and helping people through their health challenges.

When we were attacked, he showed up

In the country's darkest hours after September 11, Saud showed up to protect and fight for us - helping organize the volunteer medical response, and later testifying before Congress on keeping Americans safe. The American Red Cross recognized the work; for him, it was simply what a doctor does.

The invention he gave away

When COVID overwhelmed hospitals and ventilators ran out, Saud helped design a simple splitter that let a single machine breathe for as many as seven patients. He didn't patent it or sell it - he gave it to the world for free, and it reached roughly 100 countries.

The honors came after the work

He never chased recognition, but it found him anyway - the FBI Director's award for community leadership, the American College of Physicians' Legislator of the Year, and the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award.

In the community

Out where the work happens.

A few moments from around the 3rd District - at the ribbon-cutting, the ambulance bay, the press conference, the front porch.

Senator Anwar talking with constituents at the State Capitol

Dr. Anwar in his white coat with a patient

Senator Anwar providing support for our community

In our towns

Delivering for all four of our towns.

Senator Anwar has brought real investment and real results home to all four towns - and passed dozens of bills that help our neighbors. Select your town to see some of what he has helped deliver close to home.

Real district boundaries. Click a town, or use Tab + Enter. Note: only part of Ellington falls within the 3rd District - Senator Anwar represents that portion.

East Hartford

Delivered, on the record:

$6 million for major repairs at Rentschler Field
$4.5 million to redevelop 111 Founders Plaza
$4.13 million for Veterans Terrace III affordable housing
A Silver Lane revitalization plan and Main Street / downtown improvements
Backing Pratt & Whitney and continued investment in aerospace and advanced manufacturing
Riverfront improvements - Great River Park, Bicentennial Square, and Connecticut River trail connections
Brownfield redevelopment funding to grow the Grand List without heavy tax increases
I-91 improvements, bridge rehabilitation, and state highway resurfacing
$335,000 for the new Computer Science & Engineering Middle School, and support for our schools
Protecting East Hartford farmland
Helping families repair crumbling concrete foundations
Cleaner drinking water and healthier classroom air

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