Connecticut's 5th congressional district
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The Fifth Congressional District of Connecticut is represented in Congress by Chris Murphy.
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[edit] Cities and towns
The district includes all of Northwestern Connecticut, and runs from Meriden and New Britain in Central Connecticut, to Waterbury, the Litchfield Hills, and the Farmington River Valley.
It includes the towns of Avon, Bethel, Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Burlington, Canaan, Canton, Chesire, Cornwall, Danbury, Farmington, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Meriden, Middlebury, Morris, New Britain, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plainville, Plymouth, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Simsbury, Southbury, Thomaston, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Waterbury (part), Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury, traditionally the most conservative part of the state.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 2006 election
| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005[2] | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ Connecticut's Secretary of State
- ^ Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 25, 2005 (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Retrieved on October 2, 2006.
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