Representative Lezlye Zupkus proudly represents the 89th General Assembly District covering Prospect, Cheshire, Bethany, and Waterbury. She was re-elected to her seventh two-year term in November 2024. Zupkus serves on the legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding, Public Health and Special Education Committees and she is the Ranking Member of the Education Committee.
A Prospect resident, Zupkus is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. Her professional experience includes work in both the private and nonprofit sectors, and her numerous volunteer activities include serving on the Board of Directors of Holy Cross High School.
In 2014, Zupkus was honored as a “Community Champion” by MADD for her legislative work on drunken driving-related issues.
Zupkus is employed as state director of Best Buddies Connecticut. She previously worked as director of development and volunteer services for Special Olympics Connecticut.
A former member of the Prospect Planning and Zoning Commission, Zupkus currently serves as a member of the Prospect Republican Town Committee.
Zupkus and her husband Greg are parents to two children.
