Connecticut's 135th assembly district

The One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Assembly District of Connecticut elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Its current representative is John T. Shaban. Before 2002, the district contained the towns of Easton, Redding and parts of Newtown and Weston; boundary changes which took effect for the 2002 election removed Newtown and part of Redding from the district and added the remaining portion of Weston. The 135th District is one of the safest Republican seats in the House due to the lack of Democratic opposition, but former gubernatorial candidate Nancy Burton of the Green Party has run for the seat, making it the Green Party's strongest district in the state.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
John Stripp	Republican	1993 – 2011	Weston	Did not seek reelection
John T. Shaban	Republican	2011 – present	Redding	Incumbent

Recent elections

State Election 2010: House District 135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John T. Shaban	5,715	56.4	-25.6
	Democratic	Carl D. Bernstein	4,240	41.8	+41.8
	Green	Gabriel B. Rossi	184	1.8	-16.2
Majority			1,475	14.5	-49.6
Turnout			10,139
	Republican hold		Swing	-33.7

State Election 2008: House District 135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Stripp	8,139	82.0	-6.3
	Green	Remy G. Chevalier	1,782	18.0	+6.3
Majority			6,357	64.1	-12.5
Turnout			9,921
	Republican hold		Swing	-6.3

State Election 2006: House District 135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Stripp	5,711	88.3	+6.0
	Green	Nancy Burton	758	11.7	-6.0
Majority			4,953	76.6	+13.0
Turnout			6,469
	Republican hold		Swing	+6.0

State Election 2004: House District 135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Stripp	7,653	82.3	-17.7
	Green	Nancy Burton	1,649	17.7	+17.7
Majority			5,914	63.6	-36.4
Turnout			9,302
	Republican hold		Swing	-17.7

State Election 2002: House District 135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Stripp	5,570	100.0	0.0
Majority			5,570	100.0	0.0
Turnout			5,570
	Republican hold		Swing	0.0

State Election 2000: House District 135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Stripp	8,029	100.0	0.0
Majority			8,029	100.0	0.0
Turnout			8,029
	Republican hold		Swing	0.0

State Election 1998: House District 135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Stripp	5,582	100.0
Majority			5,582	100.0
Turnout			5,582
	Republican hold		Swing

References

Election Results and Related Data. Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Last modified 8/18/2010. Retrieved from http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3179&Q=392194&SOTSNav_GID=1846 on 9/25/2010.