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All 5 of Connecticut's congressional districts have been held by Democrats since 2009. The last Republican to represent Connecticut in the House of Representatives was Chris Shays. First elected in a 1987 special election, Shays was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger Jim Himes in 2008.
The House of Representatives has its basis in the earliest incarnation of the General Assembly, the "General Corte" established in 1636 whose membership was divided between six generally elected magistrates (the predecessor of the Connecticut Senate) and three-member "committees" representing each of the three towns of the Connecticut Colony (Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor).
Democratic-Republican [data missing] March 4, 1833 – May 9, 1834 Anti-Jacksonian: Resigned after being elected Governor of Connecticut. Ellsworth Foote: January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 Republican: 3rd [data missing] Gary Franks: January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 Republican: 5th [data missing] Richard P. Freeman: March 4, 1915 – March ...
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Connecticut, one from each of the state's five congressional districts.
She served as the Deputy Minority leader from 2007 to 2014, when she was selected by the membership of her caucus to become the first female leader for the House Republicans effective with the 2015 session. As the House Minority Leader, she has become a leading advocate for fiscal restraint, regulatory reform, job creation and tax relief.
Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. (born January 8, 1958, in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an eleven-term Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, having represented parts of Norwalk and New Canaan in the 142nd District from 1992 until 2015. [2] He served as House Minority Leader from 2007-2015. [1]
The Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate. It meets in the state capital, Hartford. There are no term limits for members of either chamber.
Connecticut is divided among five congressional districts from which citizens elect the state's representatives to the United States House of Representatives. After the re-apportionment following the 2000 census , Connecticut lost one representative, reducing the state's delegation from six to five.