Connecticut's 5th congressional district
The Fifth Congressional District of Connecticut is represented in Congress by Chris Murphy.
Cities and towns
The district includes all of Northwestern Connecticut, and runs from
It includes the towns of Avon, Bethel,
Bethel, Bridgewater,
Brookfield, Burlington,
Canaan, Canton, Cheshire, Cornwall, Danbury, Farmington, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield,
History
The area has historically been Republican, but Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry won it by approximately 1100 votes in the 2004 Presidential election[1]. The district was Kerry's second weakest district in New England, falling behind only the Manchester-based first district of New Hampshire, which Kerry lost. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +4.
The current Fifth District was created in 2002 when reapportionment caused Connecticut to lose a house seat. As a result, the former Fifth District and Sixth District were consolidated to form a new Fifth District.
From 1964 to 1990 the Fifth District included many towns in Fairfield County now in the Fourth District such as Wilton, Monroe, Ridgefield and Shelton. It also included the lower Naugatuck Valley towns of Ansonia, Derby, Seymour and Naugatuck which are now in the Third District.
In the early 20th Century the Fifth District included Waterbury, Litchfield County and the Naugatuck Valley. It did not include any portion of Fairfield or Hartford counties and did not include the city of Meriden.
2006 election
| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Active Voters | Inactive Voters | Total Voters | Percentage | |
| Democratic | 114,743 | 5,918 | 120,661 | 29.63% | |
| Republican | 95,084 | 4,836 | 99,920 | 24.54% | |
| Unaffiliated | 174,924 | 10,412 | 185,336 | 45.52% | |
| Minor Parties | 1,168 | 97 | 1,265 | 0.31% | |
| Total | 384,919 | 21,263 | 407,182 | 100% | |
| US House election, 2006: Connecticut District 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Chris Murphy | 122,907 | 56.17 | ||
| Republican | Nancy Johnson (inc.) | 95,891 | 43.83 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 218,798 | ||||
Representatives
References
- ^ Connecticut's Secretary of State
- ^ Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 25, 2005 (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
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