Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
United States House of Representatives, Connecticut District 2 map.png
Current Representative Joe Courtney (DVernon)
Area 2,143 mi²
Distribution 66.7% urban, 33.3% rural
Population (2000) 681,113
Median income $54,498
Ethnicity 88.6% White, 3.3% Black, 1.7% Asian, 4.3% Hispanic, 0.5% Native American, 0.2% 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 the towns of New London, Norwich, Storrs, Groton, and Southwood Acres.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Joe Courtney.

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Municipalities in the District

The district includes the whole of each of the following towns, except where a percentage appears. Such a percentage notation indicates the proportion, to the nearest percent, of the corresponding town'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]

Demographics

Barack Obama carried the district in 2008 with 59% of the vote, although it is generally considered a swing district.

Voter registration

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005[2]
Party Active Inactive Total Percentage
  Democratic 119,995 5,501 125,496 28.94%
  Republican 90,371 4,174 94,545 21.80%
  Unaffiliated 201,003 12,027 213,030 49.12%
  Minor Parties 580 48 628 0.14%
Total 411,949 21,750 433,699 100%

Recent elections

1992

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

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

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
Independence 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

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
Independence 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

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
Independence Rob Simmons 4,141 1.83 -1.30
Republican gain from Democratic Swing +12.50
Turnout 225,900

2002

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

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

US House election, 2006: Connecticut District 2[3]
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

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

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

List of representatives

Representative Party Years District home Note
District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837
Samuel Ingham Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
Lost Re-election
William L. Storrs Whig March 4, 1839 –
June, 1840
Resigned on appointment as associate justice to Connecticut Supreme Court
Vacant June, 1840 –
December 7, 1840
William Whiting Boardman Whig December 7, 1840 –
March 3, 1843
Declined Nomination
John Stewart Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
Lost Re-election
Samuel D. Hubbard Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1849
Walter Booth Free Soil March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
Lost Re-election
Colin M. Ingersoll Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855
John Woodruff American March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Lost Re-election
Samuel Arnold Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
Declined Nomination
John Woodruff Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
Declined Nomination
James E. English Democratic March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1865
Declined Nomination
Samuel L. Warner Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867
Declined Nomination
Julius Hotchkiss Democratic March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869
Stephen Wright Kellogg Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1875
Lost Re-election
James Phelps Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1883
Declined Nomination
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
Declined Nomination
Carlos French Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
Declined Nomination
Washington F. Willcox Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893
Declined Nomination
James P. Pigott Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
Lost Re-election
Nehemiah D. Sperry Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1911
Retired
Thomas L. Reilly Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
Re-districted to 3rd District
Bryan F. Mahan Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915
Lost Re-election
Richard P. Freeman Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1933
Lost Re-election
William L. Higgins Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1937
Lost Re-election
William J. Fitzgerald Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
Lost Re-election
Thomas R. Ball Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
Lost Re-election
William J. Fitzgerald Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
Lost Re-election
John D. McWilliams Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
Lost Re-election
Chase G. Woodhouse Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
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
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
Declined Nomination, Appointed Under Secretary of State
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. Republican January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
Pomfret Retired to run for U.S. 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 Retired to run for Governor
Chris Dodd Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1981
Norwich Retired to run for 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

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