Connecticut's 8th assembly district

The Eighth Assembly District of Connecticut elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It is currently represented by outgoing State Representative Joan Lewis. In 2010, Lewis was defeated by Timothy J. Ackert. The district consists of the entire towns of Columbia, Coventry and part of the town of Vernon. Prior to 2001, the district also contained part of Lebanon but contained only part of Coventry.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Patrick Flaherty	Democratic	1993 – 2003	Coventry	Did not run for reelection
Joan Lewis	Democratic	2003 – 2011	Coventry	Incumbent

Recent elections

State Election 2008: House District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joan Lewis	5,968	47.7	-8.9
	Republican	Timothy J. Ackert	5,845	46.7	+6.8
	Working Families	Joan Lewis	711	5.7	+3.2
Majority			834	6.7	-13.6
Turnout			12,524
	Democratic hold		Swing	-6.8

State Election 2006: House District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joan Lewis	5,477	56.6	-33.2
	Republican	Timothy J. Ackert	3,858	39.9	+39.9
	Working Families	Joan Lewis	342	3.5	-6.7
Majority			1,961	20.3	-49.3
Turnout			9,677
	Democratic hold		Swing	-39.9

State Election 2004: House District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joan Lewis	7,568	89.9	+35.1
	Working Families	J. David Batchelder	858	10.2	+10.2
Majority			6,710	79.6	+70.1
Turnout			8,426
	Democratic hold		Swing	+24.9

State Election 2002: House District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joan Lewis	4,615	54.8	-8.5
	Republican	Robert J. Kleinhans	3,814	45.2	+8.5
Majority			801	9.5	-17.1
Turnout			8,429
	Democratic hold		Swing	+8.5

State Election 2000: House District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Patrick Flaherty	7,060	63.3	-5.8
	Republican	Robert J. Kleinhans	4,093	36.7	+5.8
Majority			2,967	26.6	-11.6
Turnout			11,153
	Democratic hold		Swing	-5.8

State Election 1998: House District 8[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Patrick Flaherty	5,688	69.1
	Republican	Shelton John Stewart	2,545	30.9
Majority			3,143	38.2
Turnout			8,233
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. ^ Election Results and Related Data. Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Updated 8/18/10. Accessed 9/27/10.