Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

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Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
Connecticut's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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+5

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, Norwich, New London, and Old Saybrook.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Joe Courtney.

Towns in the District

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, Colchester, 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, 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

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

2000 - Gore - 55.45%, Bush - 37.55%, Third Party - 7.00%
2004 - Kerry - 53.92%, Bush - 44.22%, Third Party - 1.86%
2008 - Obama - 58.48%, McCain - 40.07%, Third Party - 1.45%
2012 - Obama - 55.89%, Romney - 42.57%, Third Party - 1.55%

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

Recent elections

1992

US House election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (incumbent)	123,291	51%
	Republican	Edward W. Munster	119,416	49%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			242,707	100%

1994

US House election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (incumbent)	79,188	43%
	Republican	Edward W. Munster	79,167	43%
	A Connecticut Party	David Bingham	27,716	14%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			186,071	100%

1996

US House election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (incumbent)	115,175	52%
	Republican	Edward W. Munster	100,332	45%
style="background-color: Template:Independence Party of America/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	Template:Independence Party of America/meta/shortname	Dianne G. Ondusko	6,477	3%
	Natural Law	Thomas E. Hall	1,263	0.4%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			223,258	100%

1998

US House election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (inc.)	99,567	61%
	Republican	Gary M. Koval	57,860	35%
style="background-color: Template:Independence Party of America/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	Template:Independence Party of America/meta/shortname	Dianne G. Ondusko	5,116	3%
	Term Limits	Paul W. Cook	658	0.4%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			163,201	100%

2000

US House election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Simmons	114,380	51%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (incumbent)	111,520	49%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing
Turnout			225,900	100%

2002

US House election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Simmons (incumbent)	117,434	54%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney	99,674	46%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			217,108	100%

2004

US House election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Rob Simmons (inc.)	165,558	54%
	Democratic	James Sullivan	139,987	46%	-
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			305,545	100%

2006

US House election, 2006: Connecticut District 2^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney	121,248	50%
	Republican	Rob Simmons (incumbent)	121,158	50%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing
Turnout			242,413	100%

2008

US House election, 2008: Connecticut District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	212,411	66%
	Republican	Sean Sullivan	104,469	32%
	Green	G. Scott Deshefy	6,287	2%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			323,167	100%

2010

US House election, 2010: Connecticut District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	147,748	60%
	Republican	Janet Peckinpaugh	95,671	39%
	Green	G. Scott Deshefy	3,344	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			246,763	100%

2012

Connecticut 2nd Congressional District Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	204,691	68%
	Republican	Paul Formica	87,828	29%
	Green	Colin Bennett	3,269	2%
	Libertarian	Daniel Reale	3,504	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			299,652	100%

2014

Connecticut 2nd Congressional District Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	141,948	62%
	Republican	Lori Hopkins-Cavanagh	80,837	36%
	Green	William Clyde	2,602	1%
	Libertarian	Daniel Reale	2,549	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			227,936	100%

2016

Connecticut 2nd Congressional District Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	207,584	63%
	Republican	Daria Novak	111,587	34%
	Green	Jonathan Pelto	5,332	2%
	Libertarian	Daniel Reale	5,016	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			329,519	100%

List of Representatives

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 Dickinson 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 –	Vernon	Incumbent

The district from 2003 to 2013

Living former Members

As of June 2016, there are four living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Robert H. Steele	1970–1975	(1938-11-03) November 3, 1938
Chris Dodd	1975–1981	(1944-05-27) May 27, 1944
Sam Gejdenson	1981–2001	(1948-05-20) May 20, 1948
Rob Simmons	2001–2007	(1943-02-11) February 11, 1943

References

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

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

Connecticut's congressional districts

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Coordinates: 41°39′13″N 72°12′23″W / 41.65361°N 72.20639°W / 41.65361; -72.20639

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