Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

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Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
Area	2,143 mi²
Distribution	66.7% urban, 33.3% rural
Population (2000)	681,113
Median income	$54,498
Ethnic composition	88.6% White, 3.3% Black, 1.7% Asian, 4.3% Hispanic, 0.5% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI	D+8

Connecticut District 2 is represented in the 110th Congress by Democrat Joe Courtney . George W. Bush received 44% of the vote in this district in 2004.^[1] The district covers eastern Connecticut, including New London and Norwich. Courtney won an extremely close race against incumbent Republican Rob Simmons involving a town-by-town recount; at one point his lead was 65 votes or less. ^[2]

Contents 1 2006 election 2 Towns of the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut 3 Representatives 4 References

[edit] 2006 election

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005[3]
Party		Active Voters	Inactive Voters	Total Voters	Percentage
	Democratic	119,995	5,501	125,496	28.94%
	Republican	90,371	4,174	94,545	21.80%
	Unaffiliated	201,003	12,027	213,030	49.12%
	Minor Parties	580	48	628	0.14%
Total		411,949	21,750	433,699	100%

US House election, 2006: Connecticut District 2[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Courtney	121,252	50.02%
	Republican	Rob Simmons (inc.)	121,158	49.98%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing
Turnout			242,410

[edit] Towns of the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut

Andover Ashford Bolton Bozrah Brooklyn Canterbury Chaplin Chester Clinton Colchester Columbia Coventry Deep River Durham East Haddam East Hampton East Lyme Eastford

Ellington Enfield Essex Franklin Glastonbury Griswold Groton Haddam Hampton Hebron Killingly Killingworth Lebanon Ledyard Lisbon Lyme Madison Mansfield

Marlborough Montville New London North Stonington Norwich Old Lyme Old Saybrook Plainfield Pomfret Preston Putnam Salem Scotland Somers Sprague Stafford Sterling Stonington

Suffield Thompson Tolland Union Vernon Voluntown Waterford Westbrook Willington Windham Woodstock

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837
Samuel Ingham	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839		Lost Re-election
William L. Storrs	Whig	March 4, 1839 – June, 1840		Resigned on appoinment as associate justice to Connecticut Supreme Court
Vacant		June, 1840 – December 7, 1840
William Whiting Boardman	Whig	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1843		Declined Nomination
John Stewart	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845		Lost Re-election
Samuel D. Hubbard	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
Walter Booth	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851		Lost Re-election
Colin M. Ingersoll	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
John Woodruff	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		Lost Re-election
Samuel Arnold	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859		Declined Nomination
John Woodruff	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861		Declined Nomination
James E. English	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865		Declined Nomination
Samuel L. Warner	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867		Declined Nomination
Julius Hotchkiss	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Stephen Wright Kellogg	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875		Lost Re-election
James Phelps	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883		Declined Nomination
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887		Declined Nomination
Carlos French	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889		Declined Nomination
Washington F. Willcox	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893		Declined Nomination
James P. Pigott	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895		Lost Re-election
Nehemiah D. Sperry	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911		Retired
Thomas L. Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913		District moved to 3rd Congressional District
Bryan F. Mahan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915		Lost Re-election
Richard P. Freeman	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933		Lost Re-election
William L. Higgins	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937		Lost Re-election
William J. Fitzgerald	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939		Lost Re-election
Thomas R. Ball	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941		Lost Re-election
William J. Fitzgerald	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945		Lost Re-election
John D. McWilliams	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945		Lost Re-election
Chase G. Woodhouse	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947		Lost Re-election
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949		Lost Re-election
Chase G. Woodhouse	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951		Lost Re-election
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959		Lost Re-election
Chester Bowles	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961		Declined Nomination
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
William St. Onge	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – May 1, 1970		Died
Vacant		May 1, 1970 – November 3, 1970
Robert H. Steele	Republican	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1975	Vernon	Retired to run for Governor
Chris Dodd	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Norwich	Retired to run for US Senate
Sam Gejdenson	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2001	Bozrah	Lost Re-election
Rob Simmons	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007	Stonington	Lost Re-election
Joe Courtney	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – present	Vernon	Incumbent

[edit] References

v • d • e Connecticut's congressional districts At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 The 6th and At-large districts are obsolete. See also: Connecticut's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps