Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

Connecticut's 2nd congressional district – since January 3, 2013.

Representative

Joe Courtney
D–Vernon

Area

2,143 sq mi (5,550 km²)

Distribution

67.77% urban
33.23% rural

Population (2017)

705,217

Median income

$73,805^[1]

Ethnicity

85.8% white
8.5% Hispanic
3.9% black
3.3% Asian
2.5% other
0.5% Native American

Cook PVI

D+3^[2]

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 all of New London County, Tolland County, and Windham County, along with parts of Hartford, Middlesex, and New Haven counties.

Principal cities include: Enfield, Norwich, New London, and Groton.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Joe Courtney.

Towns in the district

Hartford County – Enfield, Glastonbury (part), Marlborough, and Suffield.

Middlesex County – Chester, Clinton, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Old Saybrook, and Westbrook.

New Haven County – Madison.

New London County – Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, and Waterford.

Tolland County – Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, and Willington.

Windham County – Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Sterling, Thompson, Windham, and Woodstock.

Voter registration

Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 30, 2012^[3]
Party		Active	Inactive	Total	Percentage
	Democratic	119,995	5,501	125,496	28.94%
	Republican	90,371	4,174	94,545	21.80%
	Minor Parties	580	48	628	0.14%
	Unaffiliated	201,003	12,027	213,030	49.12%
Total		411,949	21,750	433,699	100%

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 55–38%
2004	President	Kerry 54–44%
2008	President	Obama 58–40%
2012	President	Obama 56–43%
2016	President	Clinton 49–46%

Recent elections

1992

US House election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (incumbent)	123,291	51%
	Republican	Edward W. Munster	119,416	49%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			242,707	100%

1994

US House election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (incumbent)	79,188	43%
	Republican	Edward W. Munster	79,167	43%
	A Connecticut Party	David Bingham	27,716	14%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			186,071	100%

1996

US House election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (incumbent)	115,175	52%
	Republican	Edward W. Munster	100,332	45%
	Independence Party of America	Dianne G. Ondusko	6,477	3%
	Natural Law	Thomas E. Hall	1,263	0.4%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			223,258	100%

1998

US House election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (inc.)	99,567	61%
	Republican	Gary M. Koval	57,860	35%
	Independence Party of America	Dianne G. Ondusko	5,116	3%
	Term Limits	Paul W. Cook	658	0.4%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			163,201	100%

2000

US House election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Simmons	114,380	51%
	Democratic	Samuel Gejdenson (incumbent)	111,520	49%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing
Turnout			225,900	100%

2002

US House election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Simmons (incumbent)	117,434	54%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney	99,674	46%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			217,108	100%

2004

US House election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Rob Simmons (inc.)	165,558	54%
	Democratic	James Sullivan	139,987	46%	-
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			305,545	100%

2006

US House election, 2006: Connecticut District 2^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney	121,248	50%
	Republican	Rob Simmons (incumbent)	121,158	50%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing
Turnout			242,413	100%

2008

US House election, 2008: Connecticut District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	212,411	66%
	Republican	Sean Sullivan	104,469	32%
	Green	G. Scott Deshefy	6,287	2%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			323,167	100%

2010

US House election, 2010: Connecticut District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	147,748	60%
	Republican	Janet Peckinpaugh	95,671	39%
	Green	G. Scott Deshefy	3,344	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			246,763	100%

2012

Connecticut 2nd Congressional District Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	204,691	68%
	Republican	Paul Formica	87,828	29%
	Green	Colin Bennett	3,269	2%
	Libertarian	Daniel Reale	3,504	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			299,652	100%

2014

Connecticut 2nd Congressional District Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	141,948	62%
	Republican	Lori Hopkins-Cavanagh	80,837	36%
	Green	William Clyde	2,602	1%
	Libertarian	Daniel Reale	2,549	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			227,936	100%

2016

Connecticut 2nd Congressional District Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	207,584	63%
	Republican	Daria Novak	111,587	34%
	Green	Jonathan Pelto	5,332	2%
	Libertarian	Daniel Reale	5,016	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			329,519	100%

2018

Connecticut 2nd Congressional District Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney (incumbent)	179,731	62%
	Republican	Dan Postemski	102,483	35%
	Green	Michelle Louise Bicking	3,595	1%
	Libertarian	Dan Reale	3,305	1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Turnout			289,114	100%

List of members representing the district

District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837.

Member (Residence)}}	Party	Years of Service	Cong ress	Electoral history
Samuel Ingham (Essex	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1837. Lost re-election.
William L. Storrs (Middletown	Whig	March 4, 1839 – June, 1840	26th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Vacant		June, 1840 – December 7, 1840	26th
William Whiting Boardman (New Haven	Whig	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected to finish Storrs's term. Retired.
John Stewart (Chatham	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (Middletown	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Walter Booth (Meriden	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Colin M. Ingersoll (New Haven	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John Woodruff (New Haven	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Samuel Arnold (Haddam	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John Woodruff (New Haven	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
James E. English (New Haven	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Samuel L. Warner (Middletown	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Julius Hotchkiss (Waterbury	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Stephen Wright Kellogg (Waterbury	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James Phelps (Essex	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell (New Haven	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Carlos French (Seymour	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Washington F. Willcox (Chester	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
James P. Pigott (New Haven	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Nehemiah D. Sperry (New Haven	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Thomas L. Reilly (Meriden	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Re-districted to 3rd district.
Bryan F. Mahan (New London	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Richard P. Freeman (New London	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William L. Higgins (Coventry	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William J. Fitzgerald (Norwich	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Thomas R. Ball (Old Lyme	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William J. Fitzgerald (Norwich	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John D. McWilliams (Norwich	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Chase G. Woodhouse (Sprague	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (Pomfret)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Chase G. Woodhouse (Sprague	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (Pomfret	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959	82nd 83rd 84th 85th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Chester Bowles (Essex	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data unknown/missing] Retired when appointed Under Secretary of State
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (Pomfret	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	Rerired after running for US Senate
William St. Onge (Putnam	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – May 1, 1970	88th 89th 90th 91st	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		May 1, 1970 – November 3, 1970	91st
Robert H. Steele (Vernon	Republican	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	Elected to finish St. Onge's term. Retired after running for List of Governors of Connecticut
Chris Dodd (Norwich	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94th 95th 96th	[data unknown/missing] Retired when elected to the US Senate
Sam Gejdenson (Bozrah	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2001	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Rob Simmons (Stonington	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007	107th 108th 109th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Joe Courtney (Vernon	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2006.

The district from 2003 to 2013

References

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=09&cd=02
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 30, 2012" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2006-12-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 2006 Official Election Results

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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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