- 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 (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, 1839Lost Re-election William L. Storrs Whig March 4, 1839 –
June, 1840Resigned on appointment as associate justice to Connecticut Supreme Court Vacant June, 1840 –
December 7, 1840William Whiting Boardman Whig December 7, 1840 –
March 3, 1843Declined Nomination John Stewart Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845Lost Re-election Samuel D. Hubbard Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1849Walter Booth Free Soil March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851Lost Re-election Colin M. Ingersoll Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855John Woodruff American March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Lost Re-election Samuel Arnold Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859Declined Nomination John Woodruff Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861Declined Nomination James E. English Democratic March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1865Declined Nomination Samuel L. Warner Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867Declined Nomination Julius Hotchkiss Democratic March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869Stephen Wright Kellogg Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1875Lost Re-election James Phelps Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1883Declined Nomination Charles Le Moyne Mitchell Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887Declined Nomination Carlos French Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889Declined Nomination Washington F. Willcox Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893Declined Nomination James P. Pigott Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895Lost Re-election Nehemiah D. Sperry Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1911Retired Thomas L. Reilly Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913Re-districted to 3rd District Bryan F. Mahan Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915Lost Re-election Richard P. Freeman Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1933Lost Re-election William L. Higgins Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1937Lost Re-election William J. Fitzgerald Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939Lost Re-election Thomas R. Ball Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941Lost Re-election William J. Fitzgerald Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943Lost Re-election John D. McWilliams Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945Lost Re-election Chase G. Woodhouse Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947Lost Re-election Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949Pomfret Lost Re-election Chase G. Woodhouse Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951Lost Re-election Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. Republican January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1959Pomfret Lost Re-election Chester Bowles Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961Declined Nomination, Appointed Under Secretary of State Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. Republican January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963Pomfret Retired to run for U.S. Senate William St. Onge Democratic January 3, 1963 –
May 1, 1970Putnam Died Vacant May 1, 1970 –
November 3, 1970Robert H. Steele Republican November 3, 1970 –
January 3, 1975Vernon Retired to run for Governor Chris Dodd Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1981Norwich Retired to run for US Senate Sam Gejdenson Democratic January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 2001Bozrah Lost Re-election Rob Simmons Republican January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2007Stonington Lost Re-election Joe Courtney Democratic January 3, 2007 –
presentVernon Incumbent References
- ^ a b c "Connecticut State Register and Manual, "2001 Congresssional Districting" [sic, Congressional District 2 table"]. [CT] Secretary of the State. http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392452. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ^ "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 25, 2005" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20060923151511/http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/lists/2005OctRegEnrollStats.pdf. Retrieved 2006-10-02.
- ^ 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
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All districts: At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6
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