Gayle Slossberg is an American politician. A Democrat, Slossberg has been a Connecticut State Senator since 2005.A resident of Milford, Slossberg represents the western suburbs of New Haven in the Connecticut Senate's 14th District, which includes the city of Milford, the town of Orange, and part of the city of West Haven.Slossberg was born and raised in Massachusetts, graduated from Cornell University in 1987, and earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1990.