In addition to this, he also currently serves as a Connecticut State Senator from the 33rd district, which includes the town of Essex.
[1] Needleman has been re-elected selectman in every election afterwards, most recently in 2019.
[2] In 2018, Needleman ran for the Connecticut State Senate's 33rd district seat, which encompasses Essex and the surrounding towns.
Needleman would later win that election over Republican Melissa Ziobron.
[3] In August 2020, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias and Eversource Energy's widely criticized[4] response to power outages brought on by storm damages, Needleman called upon the CEO of Eversource, James Judge, to resign.