Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

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Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
Current Representative Joe Courtney (D–Vernon)
Area 2,143 mi²
Distribution 66.7% urban, 33.3% rural
Population (2010) 714,819
Median income $54,498
Ethnicity 84.2% White, 3.6% Black, 2.9% Asian, 6.8% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 2.1% other
Cook PVI D+6

Connecticut's 2nd Congressional District is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in the eastern part of the state, the district includes all of New London County, Tolland County, and Windham County, along with parts of Hartford, Middlesex, and New Haven counties.

Principal cities include: Enfield, New London, and Old Saybrook.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Joe Courtney.

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Towns in the District [edit]

Hartford County - Enfield, Glastonbury (part), Marlborough, and Suffield.

Middlesex County - Chester, Clinton, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Old Saybrook, and Westbrook.

New Haven County - Madison.

New London County - Bozrah, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, and Waterford.

Tolland County - Andover, Bolton, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, and Willington.

Windham County - Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Sterling, Thompson, Windham, and Woodstock.

Voter Registration [edit]

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 30, 2012[1]
Party Active Inactive Total Percentage
  Democratic 119,995 5,501 125,496 28.94%
  Republican 90,371 4,174 94,545 21.80%
  Minor Parties 580 48 628 0.14%
  Unaffiliated 201,003 12,027 213,030 49.12%
Total 411,949 21,750 433,699 100%

Presidential elections [edit]

Performance Average - Democrat (55.94%), Republican (41.10%), Third Party (2.97%)

Recent elections [edit]

1992 [edit]

US House election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Edward W. Munster 119,416 49.20
Democratic Samuel Gejdenson (inc.) 83,197 34.28
A Connecticut Party Samuel Gejdenson (inc.) 40,094 16.52 +16.52
Democratic hold Swing
Turnout 242,707

1994 [edit]

US House election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Samuel Gejdenson (inc.) 79,188 42.56 +8.28
Republican Edward W. Munster 79,167 42.55 -6.35
A Connecticut Party David Bingham 27,716 14.90 -1.62
Democratic hold Swing +8.28
Turnout 186,071

1996 [edit]

US House election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Samuel Gejdenson (inc.) 106,544 47.72 +5.16
Republican Edward W. Munster 100,332 44.94 +2.39
A Connecticut Party Samuel Gejdenson (inc.) 8,631 3.87 -11.03
style="background-color: Template:Independence Party of America/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Independence Party of America|Template:Independence Party of America/meta/shortname]] Dianne G. Ondusko 6,477 2.90 +2.90
Natural Law Thomas E. Hall 1,263 0.40 +0.40
Democratic hold Swing -4.13
Turnout 223,258

1998 [edit]

US House election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Samuel Gejdenson (inc.) 99,567 61.01 +13.29
Republican Gary M. Koval 57,860 35.45 -9.49
style="background-color: Template:Independence Party of America/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Independence Party of America|Template:Independence Party of America/meta/shortname]] Dianne G. Ondusko 5,116 3.13 +0.23
Term Limits Paul W. Cook 658 0.40 +0.40
Democratic hold Swing +11.39
Turnout 163,201

2000 [edit]

US House election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Samuel Gejdenson (inc.) 111,520 49.37 -11.64
Republican Rob Simmons 110,239 48.80 +13.35
style="background-color: Template:Independence Party of America/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Independence Party of America|Template:Independence Party of America/meta/shortname]] Rob Simmons 4,141 1.83 -1.30
Republican gain from Democratic Swing +12.50
Turnout 225,900

2002 [edit]

US House election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rob Simmons (inc.) 117,434 54.09 +5.29
Democratic Joseph Courtney 99,674 45.91 -3.46
Republican hold Swing +4.38
Turnout 217,108

2004 [edit]

US House election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rob Simmons (inc.) 166,412 54.22 +0.13
Democratic James Sullivan 140,536 45.78 -0.13
Republican hold Swing +0.13
Turnout 306,948

2006 [edit]

US House election, 2006: Connecticut District 2[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Courtney 121,252 50.02 +4.24
Republican Rob Simmons (inc.) 121,158 49.98 -4.24
Democratic gain from Republican Swing +4.24
Turnout 242,410

2008 [edit]

US House election, 2008: Connecticut District 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Courtney (inc.) 198,984 61.60 +11.58
Republican Sean Sullivan 104,029 32.20 -17.78
Working Families Joe Courtney (inc.) 13,164 4.08 +4.08
Green G. Scott Deshefy 6,895 2.13 +2.13
Democratic hold Swing +14.68
Turnout 323,022

2010 [edit]

US House election, 2010: Connecticut District 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Courtney (inc.) 140,888 57.09 -4.51
Republican Janet Peckinpaugh 95,671 38.77 +6.57
Working Families Joe Courtney (inc.) 6,860 2.78 -1.30
Green G. Scott Deshefy 3,344 1.36 -0.77
Democratic hold Swing -6.19
Turnout 246,763

2012 [edit]

Connecticut 2nd Congressional District Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Courtney (inc.) 189,444 63.16 +6.08
Republican Paul Formica 88,103 29.37 -9.39
Working Families Joe Courtney (inc.) 15,264 5.09 +2.31
Green Colin Bennett 3,638 1.21 -0.14
Libertarian Daniel Reale 3,511 1.17 +1.16
Democratic hold Swing
Turnout 299,960

List of Representatives [edit]

Representative Party Years of Service Hometown Note
District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837
Samuel Ingham Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 Essex Lost Re-election
William L. Storrs Whig March 4, 1839 – June, 1840 Middletown Resigned/Appointed Associate Justice of CT Supreme Court
Vacant June, 1840 – December 7, 1840
William Whiting Boardman Whig December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1843 New Haven Retired
John Stewart Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 Chatham Lost Re-election
Samuel D. Hubbard Whig March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 Middletown Retired
Walter Booth Free Soil March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 Meriden Lost Re-election
Colin M. Ingersoll Democratic March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 New Haven Retired
John Woodruff American March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 New Haven Lost Re-election
Samuel Arnold Democratic March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 Haddam Retired
John Woodruff Republican March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 New Haven Retired
James E. English Democratic March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 New Haven Retired
Samuel L. Warner Republican March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 Middletown Retired
Julius Hotchkiss Democratic March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 Waterbury Retired
Stephen Wright Kellogg Republican March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 Waterbury Lost Re-election
James Phelps Democratic March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 Essex Retired
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell Democratic March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 New Haven Retired
Carlos French Democratic March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 Seymour Retired
Washington F. Willcox Democratic March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 Chester Retired
James P. Pigott Democratic March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 New Haven Lost Re-election
Nehemiah D. Sperry Republican March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911 New Haven Retired
Thomas L. Reilly Democratic March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 Meriden Re-districted to 3rd District
Bryan F. Mahan Democratic March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 New London Lost Re-election
Richard P. Freeman Republican March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 New London Lost Re-election
William L. Higgins Republican March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 Coventry Lost Re-election
William J. Fitzgerald Democratic January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 Norwich Lost Re-election
Thomas R. Ball Republican January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 Old Lyme Lost Re-election
William J. Fitzgerald Democratic January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 Norwich Lost Re-election
John D. McWilliams Republican January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 Norwich Lost Re-election
Chase G. Woodhouse Democratic January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 Sprague Lost Re-election
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. Republican January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 Pomfret Lost Re-election
Chase G. Woodhouse Democratic January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 Sprague Lost Re-election
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. Republican January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959 Pomfret Lost Re-election
Chester Bowles Democratic January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 Essex Appointed Under Secretary of State
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. Republican January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 Pomfret Unsuccessful candidate for US Senate
William St. Onge Democratic January 3, 1963 – May 1, 1970 Putnam Died
Vacant May 1, 1970 – November 3, 1970
Robert H. Steele Republican November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1975 Vernon Unsuccessful candidate for Governor
Chris Dodd Democratic January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 Norwich Elected to US Senate
Sam Gejdenson Democratic January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2001 Bozrah Lost Re-election
Rob Simmons Republican January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 Stonington Lost Re-election
Joe Courtney Democratic January 3, 2007 – Present Vernon Incumbent
The district from 2003 to 2013

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 30, 2012" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2012-10-30. 
  2. ^ http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/election_results/2006_Nov_Election/Congress.pdf 2006 Official Election Results
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