Connecticut's 1st congressional district
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| Connecticut's 1st congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | John Larson (D–East Hartford) | |
| Area | 673 mi² | |
| Distribution | 93.4% urban, 6.6% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 681,113 | |
| Median income | $50,227 | |
| Ethnicity | 71.6% White, 12.6% Black, 2.4% Asian, 11.4% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other | |
| Cook PVI | D+13 | |
Connecticut's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in the north-central part of the state, the district is anchored by the state capital of Hartford.
The district is currently represented by Democrat John Larson.
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[edit] Composition
The 1st Congressional District encompasses much of central Connecticut and includes municipalities within Hartford, Litchfield, and Middlesex counties.
The district has been considered the Hartford Metropolitan Area district since its creation. The 2002 reapportionment caused certain, more distant areas to be added to the district from the defunct Sixth Congressional District such as Bristol and Winsted, thus creating a more elongated district.
The 1st Congressional District includes the whole of each of the following municipalities, except where a percentage appears, to indicate the proportion, to the nearest percent, of the corresponding municipality's population who were living, at the time of the 1990 U.S. Census, within the new boundary established in 1991 for the District.[1]
[edit] Demographics
John Kerry defeated George W. Bush 60% to 39% in this district in 2004.
[edit] Voter registration
| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Active Voters | Inactive Voters | Total Voters | Percentage | |
| Democratic | 156,784 | 11,392 | 168,176 | 40.39% | |
| Republican | 71,932 | 3,348 | 75,280 | 18.08% | |
| Unaffiliated | 161,327 | 11,299 | 172,626 | 41.46% | |
| Minor Parties | 301 | 29 | 330 | 0.07% | |
| Total | 390,334 | 26,068 | 416,412 | 100% | |
[edit] Recent elections
The district has the lowest Republican voter performance of the five Connecticut house seats and has elected only Democrats to the House since 1956.
| US House election, 2010: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John B. Larson (inc.) | 130,538 | 57.75 | -8.05 | |
| Republican | Ann Brickley | 84,076 | 37.20 | +11.19 | |
| Working Families | John B. Larson (inc.) | 7,902 | 3.50 | -2.25 | |
| Green | Kenneth J. Krayeske | 2,564 | 1.13 | -1.31 | |
| Socialist Action | Christopher J. Hutchinson | 955 | 0.42 | +0.42 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 226,035 | ||||
| US House election, 2008: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John B. Larson (inc.) | 194,493 | 65.80 | -8.64 | |
| Republican | Joseph Visconti | 76,860 | 26.01 | +0.49 | |
| Working Families | John B. Larson (inc.) | 17,000 | 5.75 | +5.75 | |
| Green | Stephen Fournier | 7,201 | 2.44 | +2.42 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 295,554 | ||||
| US House election, 2006: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John B. Larson (inc.) | 154,539 | 74.44 | +1.45 | |
| Republican | Scott MacLean | 53,010 | 25.52 | -1.43 | |
| Green | Stephen Fournier (write-in) | 43 | 0.02 | +0.02 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 207,592 | ||||
| US House election, 2004: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John B. Larson (inc.) | 198,802 | 72.99 | +6.20 | |
| Republican | John M. Halstead | 73,601 | 27.01 | -6.20 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 272,403 | ||||
| US House election, 2002: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John B. Larson (inc.) | 134,698 | 66.79 | -5.12 | |
| Republican | Phillip Steele | 66,968 | 33.21 | +5.12 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 201,666 | ||||
| US House election, 2000: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John B. Larson (inc.) | 151,932 | 71.92 | +12.87 | |
| Republican | Robert Backlund | 59,331 | 28.08 | -13.32 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 211,263 | ||||
| US House election, 1998: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John B. Larson | 97,681 | 58.05 | -9.43 | |
| Republican | Kevin O'Connor | 69,668 | 41.40 | +16.45 | |
| Term Limits | Jay E. Palmieri, IV | 915 | 0.54 | +0.54 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 168,264 | ||||
| US House election, 1996: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) | 145,169 | 67.48 | +20.40 | |
| Republican | Kent Sleath | 53,666 | 24.95 | +0.14 | |
| A Connecticut Party | Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) | 13,053 | 6.07 | -20.23 | |
| Concerned Citizens | John F. Forry, III | 2,099 | 0.98 | -0.82 | |
| Natural Law | Daniel A. Wasielewski | 1,149 | 0.53 | +0.53 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 215,136 | ||||
| US House election, 1994: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) | 88,946 | 47.08 | +1.10 | |
| A Connecticut Party | Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) | 49,691 | 26.30 | +5.15 | |
| Republican | Douglas T. Putnam | 46,865 | 24.81 | -5.80 | |
| Concerned Citizens | John F. Forry, III | 3,405 | 1.80 | -0.47 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 188,907 | ||||
| US House election, 1992: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) | 112,838 | 45.98 | -25.42 | |
| Republican | Phillip Steele | 75,113 | 30.61 | +2.01 | |
| A Connecticut Party | Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) | 51,897 | 21.15 | +21.15 | |
| Concerned Citizens | Gary R. Garneau | 5,577 | 2.27 | +2.27 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 245,425 | ||||
| US House election, 1990: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) | 126,566 | 71.40 | -5.86 | |
| Republican | James P. Garvey | 50,690 | 28.60 | +5.86 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 177,256 | ||||
| US House election, 1988: Connecticut District 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) | 176,463 | 77.24 | ||
| Republican | Mario Robles, Jr. | 51,985 | 22.76 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 228,448 | ||||
[edit] List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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| District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837 | ||||
| Isaac Toucey | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||
| Joseph Trumbull | Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | ||
| Thomas H. Seymour | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Declined Nomination | |
| James Dixon | Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 | ||
| Loren P. Waldo | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Lost Re-election | |
| Charles Chapman | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Retired to run for Governor | |
| James T. Pratt | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Lost Re-election | |
| Ezra Clark, Jr. | American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Changed party | |
| Ezra Clark, Jr. | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Lost Re-election | |
| Dwight Loomis | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | Retired | |
| Henry C. Deming | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | Lost Re-election | |
| Richard D. Hubbard | Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | Declined Nomination | |
| Julius L. Strong | Republican | March 4, 1869 – September 7, 1872 | Died | |
| Vacant | September 7, 1872 – December 2, 1872 | |||
| Joseph R. Hawley | Republican | December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1875 | Lost Re-election | |
| George M. Landers | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | ||
| Joseph R. Hawley | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Retired to run for US Senate | |
| John R. Buck | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Lost Re-election | |
| William W. Eaton | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Lost Re-election | |
| John R. Buck | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Lost Re-election | |
| Robert J. Vance | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | Lost Re-election | |
| William E. Simonds | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | Lost Re-election | |
| Lewis Sperry | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | Lost Re-election | |
| E. Stevens Henry | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913 | Retired | |
| Augustine Lonergan | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | ||
| P. Davis Oakey | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | Lost Re-election | |
| Augustine Lonergan | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921 | ||
| E. Hart Fenn | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931 | Retired | |
| Augustine Lonergan | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | ||
| Herman P. Kopplemann | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Lost Re-election | |
| William J. Miller | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | Lost Re-election | |
| Herman P. Kopplemann | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | Lost Re-election | |
| William J. Miller | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | Lost Re-election | |
| Herman P. Kopplemann | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | Lost Re-election | |
| William J. Miller | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Lost Re-election | |
| Abraham A. Ribicoff | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Retired to run for US Senate | |
| Thomas J. Dodd | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957 | Retired to run for US Senate | |
| Edwin H. May, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | Lost Re-election | |
| Emilio Q. Daddario | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | Hartford | Retired following an unsuccessful bid for governor |
| William R. Cotter | Democratic | January 3, 1971 – September 8, 1981 | Hartford | Died |
| Vacant | September 9, 1981 – January 11, 1982 | |||
| Barbara B. Kennelly | Democratic | January 12, 1982 – January 3, 1999 | Hartford | Retired following an unsuccessful bid for governor |
| John Larson | Democratic | January 3, 1999 – present | East Hartford | Incumbent |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Congressional District 1 [table]". Connecticut State Register and Manual, 2001 Congresssional Districting [sic]. [CT] Secretary of the State. http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392452. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 25, 2005" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20060923151511/http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/lists/2005OctRegEnrollStats.pdf. Retrieved 2006-10-02.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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