Connecticut's_1st_congressional_district

Connecticut's 1st congressional district
Connecticut's 1st congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	John B. Larson; D–East Hartford
Area	673 sq mi (1,740 km2)
Distribution	93.94% urban; 6.06% rural;
Population (2022)	718,849
Median household; income	$80,371
Ethnicity	57.0% White; 17.8% Hispanic; 14.8% Black; 5.9% Asian; 3.6% Two or more races; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	D+12

Connecticut's 1st congressional district

U.S. House district for Connecticut

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. It encompasses much of central Connecticut and includes towns within Hartford, Litchfield, and Middlesex counties.

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Principal cities include: Bristol, Hartford, and Torrington. The district has been represented by Democrat John B. Larson since 1999.

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"2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

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"Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 30, 2012" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2006. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

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Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 30, 2012^[3]
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%
	Minor Parties	301	29	330	0.07%
	Unaffiliated	161,327	11,299	172,626	41.46%
Total		390,334	26,068	416,412	100%

Election results from statewidel races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 62–33%
2004	President	Kerry 60–39%
2008	President	Obama 66–33%
2012	President	Obama 63–36%
2016	President	Clinton 59–36%
2016	Senate	Blumenthal 68–30%
2018	Senate	Murphy 63–36%
2018	Governor	Lamont 52–41%
2020	President	Biden 63–35%
2022	Senate	Blumenthal 61–39%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.)	176,463	77%
	Republican	Mario Robles, Jr.	51,985	23%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			228,448	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.)	126,566	71%
	Republican	James P. Garvey	50,690	29%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			177,256	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.)	164,735	67%
	Republican	Phillip Steele	75,113	31%
	Concerned Citizens	Gary Garneau	5,577	2%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			245,425	100%

Connecticut's_1st_congressional_district

Connecticut's 1st congressional district

Composition

Voter registration

Recent statewide election results

Recent elections

List of members representing the district

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.)	139,637	74%
	Republican	Douglas T. Putnam	46,865	24%
	Concerned Citizens	John F. Forry, III	3,405	2%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			188,907	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara B. Kennelly (inc.)	158,222	74%
	Republican	Kent Sleath	53,666	24%
	Concerned Citizens	John F. Forry, III	2,099	1%
	Natural Law	Daniel A. Wasielewski	1,149	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			215,136	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson	97,681	58%
	Republican	Kevin O'Connor	69,668	41%
	Term Limits	Jay E. Palmieri, IV	915	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			168,264	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	151,932	72%
	Republican	Robert Backlund	59,331	28%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			211,263	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	134,698	67%
	Republican	Phil Steele	66,968	33%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			201,666	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	197,964	73%
	Republican	John Halstead	73,272	27%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			271,237	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	154,539	74%
	Republican	Scott MacLean	53,010	26%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			207,549	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	211,563	72%
	Republican	Joe Visconti	76,851	26%
	Green	Stephen Fournier	7,199	2%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			295,613	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	138,440	61%
	Republican	Ann Brickley	84,076	37%
	Green	Kenneth J. Krayeske	2,564	1%
	Socialist Action	Christopher Hutchinson	955	0.42%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			226,035	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	206,575	70%
	Republican	John Henry Decker	82,262	28%
	Green	Michael DeRosa	5,746	2%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			294,583	100%

Connecticut 1st Congressional District Election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	222,668	64%
	Republican	Mary Fay	122,111	35%
	Green	Tom McCormick	4,458	1%
Total votes			349,237	100%
	Democratic hold

Connecticut 1st Congressional District Election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Larson (inc.)	149,556	61%
	Republican	Larry Lazor	91,506	37%
	Green	Mary Sanders	2,851	1%
Total votes			243,913	100%
	Democratic hold

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1837
Isaac Toucey (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1837. Lost re-election.
Joseph Trumbull (Hartford)	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1840. Retired.
Thomas H. Seymour (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.
James Dixon (Hartford)	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired.
Loren P. Waldo (Tolland)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. Lost re-election.
Charles Chapman (Hartford)	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. Retired to run for Governor.
James T. Pratt (Rocky Hill)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1853. Lost re-election.
Ezra Clark Jr. (Hartford)	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Lost re-election.
Ezra Clark Jr. (Hartford)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Lost re-election.
Dwight Loomis (Rockville)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1859. Re-elected in 1861. Retired.
Henry C. Deming (Hartford)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Lost re-election.
Richard D. Hubbard (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1867. Retired.
Julius L. Strong (Hartford)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – September 7, 1872	41st 42nd	Elected in 1869. Re-elected in 1871. Died.
Vacant		September 7, 1872 – December 2, 1872	42nd
Joseph Roswell Hawley (Hartford)	Republican	December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected to finish Strong's term. Re-elected in 1873. Lost re-election.
George M. Landers (New Britain)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1875. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
Joseph Roswell Hawley (Hartford)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Retired when elected U.S. Senator.
John R. Buck (Hartford)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Lost re-election.
William W. Eaton (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
John R. Buck (Hartford)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Lost re-election.
Robert J. Vance (New Britain)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Lost re-election.
William E. Simonds (Canton)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
Lewis Sperry (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
E. Stevens Henry (Rockville)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired.
Augustine Lonergan (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
P. Davis Oakey (Hartford)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. Lost re-election.
Augustine Lonergan (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
E. Hart Fenn (Wethersfield)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired.
Augustine Lonergan (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Retired when elected to the US Senate
Herman P. Kopplemann (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
William J. Miller (Wethersfield)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
Herman P. Kopplemann (Hartford)	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	Elected in 1940. Lost re-election.
William J. Miller (Wethersfield)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election.
Herman P. Kopplemann (Hartford)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
William J. Miller (Wethersfield)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
Abraham Ribicoff (Hartford)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Thomas J. Dodd (West Hartford)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957	83rd 84th	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Edwin H. May Jr. (Wethersfield)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	85th	Elected in 1956. Lost re-election.
Emilio Q. Daddario (Hartford)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Retired to run for Governor.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	135,825	62%
	Republican	Matthew Corey	78,609	36%
	Green	Jeff Russell	3,447	2%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			217,881	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	188,286	64%
	Republican	Matthew Corey	100,976	34%
	Green	Mike De Rosa	6,031	2%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			295,293	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Larson (inc.)	175,087	63%
	Republican	Jennifer Nye	96,024	35%
	Green	Tom McCormick	3,029	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			274,140	100%