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Connecticut's 1st congressional district 
Current Representative John Larson (D–East Hartford) Area 673 mi² Distribution 93.4% urban, 6.6% rural Population (2000) 681,113 Median income $50,227 Ethnicity 71.6% White, 12.6% Black, 2.4% Asian, 11.4% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other Cook PVI D+13 Connecticut's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in the north-central part of the state, the district is anchored by the state capital of Hartford.
The district is currently represented by Democrat John Larson.
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Composition
The 1st Congressional District encompasses much of central Connecticut and includes municipalities within Hartford, Litchfield, and Middlesex counties.
The district has been considered the Hartford Metropolitan Area district since its creation. The 2002 reapportionment caused certain, more distant areas to be added to the district from the defunct Sixth Congressional District such as Bristol and Winsted, thus creating a more elongated district.
The 1st Congressional District includes the whole of each of the following municipalities, except where a percentage appears, to indicate the proportion, to the nearest percent, of the corresponding municipality'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
John Kerry defeated George W. Bush 60% to 39% in this district in 2004.
Voter registration
Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005[2] Party Active Voters Inactive Voters Total Voters Percentage Democratic 156,784 11,392 168,176 40.39% Republican 71,932 3,348 75,280 18.08% Unaffiliated 161,327 11,299 172,626 41.46% Minor Parties 301 29 330 0.07% Total 390,334 26,068 416,412 100% Recent elections
The district has the lowest Republican voter performance of the five Connecticut house seats and has elected only Democrats to the House since 1956.
US House election, 2010: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic John B. Larson (inc.) 130,538 57.75 -8.05 Republican Ann Brickley 84,076 37.20 +11.19 Working Families John B. Larson (inc.) 7,902 3.50 -2.25 Green Kenneth J. Krayeske 2,564 1.13 -1.31 Socialist Action Christopher J. Hutchinson 955 0.42 +0.42 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 226,035 US House election, 2008: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic John B. Larson (inc.) 194,493 65.80 -8.64 Republican Joseph Visconti 76,860 26.01 +0.49 Working Families John B. Larson (inc.) 17,000 5.75 +5.75 Green Stephen Fournier 7,201 2.44 +2.42 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 295,554 US House election, 2006: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic John B. Larson (inc.) 154,539 74.44 +1.45 Republican Scott MacLean 53,010 25.52 -1.43 Green Stephen Fournier (write-in) 43 0.02 +0.02 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 207,592 US House election, 2004: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic John B. Larson (inc.) 198,802 72.99 +6.20 Republican John M. Halstead 73,601 27.01 -6.20 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 272,403 US House election, 2002: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic John B. Larson (inc.) 134,698 66.79 -5.12 Republican Phillip Steele 66,968 33.21 +5.12 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 201,666 US House election, 2000: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic John B. Larson (inc.) 151,932 71.92 +12.87 Republican Robert Backlund 59,331 28.08 -13.32 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 211,263 US House election, 1998: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic John B. Larson 97,681 58.05 -9.43 Republican Kevin O'Connor 69,668 41.40 +16.45 Term Limits Jay E. Palmieri, IV 915 0.54 +0.54 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 168,264 US House election, 1996: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) 145,169 67.48 +20.40 Republican Kent Sleath 53,666 24.95 +0.14 A Connecticut Party Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) 13,053 6.07 -20.23 Concerned Citizens John F. Forry, III 2,099 0.98 -0.82 Natural Law Daniel A. Wasielewski 1,149 0.53 +0.53 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 215,136 US House election, 1994: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) 88,946 47.08 +1.10 A Connecticut Party Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) 49,691 26.30 +5.15 Republican Douglas T. Putnam 46,865 24.81 -5.80 Concerned Citizens John F. Forry, III 3,405 1.80 -0.47 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 188,907 US House election, 1992: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) 112,838 45.98 -25.42 Republican Phillip Steele 75,113 30.61 +2.01 A Connecticut Party Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) 51,897 21.15 +21.15 Concerned Citizens Gary R. Garneau 5,577 2.27 +2.27 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 245,425 US House election, 1990: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) 126,566 71.40 -5.86 Republican James P. Garvey 50,690 28.60 +5.86 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 177,256 US House election, 1988: Connecticut District 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.) 176,463 77.24 Republican Mario Robles, Jr. 51,985 22.76 Democratic hold Swing Turnout 228,448 List of representatives
Representative Party Years District home Note District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837 Isaac Toucey Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 Joseph Trumbull Whig March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 Thomas H. Seymour Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 Declined Nomination James Dixon Whig March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 Loren P. Waldo Democratic March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 Lost Re-election Charles Chapman Whig March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 Retired to run for Governor James T. Pratt Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Lost Re-election Ezra Clark, Jr. American March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 Changed party Ezra Clark, Jr. Republican March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 Lost Re-election Dwight Loomis Republican March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 Retired Henry C. Deming Republican March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 Lost Re-election Richard D. Hubbard Democratic March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 Declined Nomination Julius L. Strong Republican March 4, 1869 – September 7, 1872 Died Vacant September 7, 1872 – December 2, 1872 Joseph R. Hawley Republican December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1875 Lost Re-election George M. Landers Democratic March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 Joseph R. Hawley Republican March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 Retired to run for US Senate John R. Buck Republican March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 Lost Re-election William W. Eaton Democratic March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 Lost Re-election John R. Buck Republican March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 Lost Re-election Robert J. Vance Democratic March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 Lost Re-election William E. Simonds Republican March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 Lost Re-election Lewis Sperry Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 Lost Re-election E. Stevens Henry Republican March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913 Retired Augustine Lonergan Democratic March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 P. Davis Oakey Republican March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 Lost Re-election Augustine Lonergan Democratic March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921 E. Hart Fenn Republican March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931 Retired Augustine Lonergan Democratic March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 Herman P. Kopplemann Democratic March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 Lost Re-election William J. Miller Republican January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 Lost Re-election Herman P. Kopplemann Democratic January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 Lost Re-election William J. Miller Republican January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 Lost Re-election Herman P. Kopplemann Democratic January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 Lost Re-election William J. Miller Republican January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 Lost Re-election Abraham A. Ribicoff Democratic January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 Retired to run for US Senate Thomas J. Dodd Democratic January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957 Retired to run for US Senate Edwin H. May, Jr. Republican January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 Lost Re-election Emilio Q. Daddario Democratic January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 Hartford Retired following an unsuccessful bid for governor William R. Cotter Democratic January 3, 1971 – September 8, 1981 Hartford Died Vacant September 9, 1981 – January 11, 1982 Barbara B. Kennelly Democratic January 12, 1982 – January 3, 1999 Hartford Retired following an unsuccessful bid for governor John Larson Democratic January 3, 1999 – present East Hartford Incumbent References
- ^ a b c d "Congressional District 1 [table]". Connecticut State Register and Manual, 2001 Congresssional Districting [sic]. [CT] Secretary of the State. http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392452. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ "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.
- 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 Current districts: 1 2 3 4 5
All districts: At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6
See also: Connecticut's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
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- Hartford County, Connecticut
- Middlesex County, Connecticut
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