The one hundred thirty-fifth Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Its current representative is Anne Hughes. Before 2002, the district contained the towns of Easton, Redding and parts of Newtown and Weston; boundary changes which took effect for the 2002 election removed Newtown and part of Redding from the district and added the remaining portion of Weston. The 135th District was a safe Republican seat in the House, in part due to the lack of Democratic opposition, but an increased Democratic Party presence in recent years has changed this.
| Connecticut's 135th State House of Representatives district | |||
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List of representatives
edit| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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| Samuel "Sam" Liskov | Democratic | 1967 – 1973 | Bridgeport | Redistricted to the 131st District |
| Samuel S. Freedman | Republican | 1973 – 1975 | Westport | |
| Paul C. Manchester | Republican | 1975 – 1976 | Westport | Died in office.[1] |
| Alice Virginia Meyer | Republican | 1976 – 1993 | Easton | |
| John Stripp | Republican | 1993 – 2011 | Weston | Did not seek reelection |
| John Shaban | Republican | 2011 – 2017 | Redding | |
| Adam Dunsby | Republican | 2017 – 2019 | Easton | Simultaneously served as First Selectman of Easton. Lost re-election |
| Anne Hughes | Democratic | 2019 – present | Redding | Incumbent |
Recent elections
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Anne Hughes | 6,449 | 52.82% | |
| Working Families | Anne Hughes | 118 | 0.97% | |
| Total | Anne Hughes | 6,567 | 53.79% | |
| Republican | Adam Dunsby (incumbent) | 5,393 | 44.17% | |
| Independent Party | Adam Dunsby (incumbent) | 183 | 1.50% | |
| Total | Adam Dunsby (incumbent) | 5,576 | 45.67% | |
| Green | Michael Pitassi | 66 | 0.54% | |
| Total votes | 13,487 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Adam Dunsby | 6,934 | 51.41% | |
| Independent Party | Adam Dunsby | 252 | 1.87% | |
| Total | Adam Dunsby (incumbent) | 7,186 | 53.28% | |
| Democratic | Bonnie Troy | 6,001 | 44.49% | |
| Green | Bonnie Troy | 300 | 2.22% | |
| Total | Bonnie Troy | 6,301 | 46.72% | |
| Total votes | 13,487 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John T. Shaban | 5,578 | 81.3 | +28.9 | |
| Green | Bonnie E. Troy | 1,287 | 18.7 | +16.1 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 6,865 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John T. Shaban | 6,588 | 52.4 | −4.0 | |
| Democratic | Leon J. Karvelis | 5,661 | 45 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Gabriel B. Rossi | 326 | 2.6 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 12,575 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John T. Shaban | 5,715 | 56.4 | −25.6 | |
| Democratic | Carl D. Bernstein | 4,240 | 41.8 | +41.8 | |
| Green | Gabriel B. Rossi | 184 | 1.8 | −16.2 | |
| Majority | 1,475 | 14.5 | −49.6 | ||
| Turnout | 10,139 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | -33.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Stripp | 8,139 | 82.0 | −6.3 | |
| Green | Remy G. Chevalier | 1,782 | 18.0 | +6.3 | |
| Majority | 6,357 | 64.1 | −12.5 | ||
| Turnout | 9,921 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Stripp | 5,711 | 88.3 | +6.0 | |
| Green | Nancy Burton | 758 | 11.7 | −6.0 | |
| Majority | 4,953 | 76.6 | +13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 6,469 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Stripp | 7,653 | 82.3 | −17.7 | |
| Green | Nancy Burton | 1,649 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
| Majority | 5,914 | 63.6 | −36.4 | ||
| Turnout | 9,302 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | -17.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Stripp | 5,570 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 5,570 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,570 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Stripp | 8,029 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 8,029 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 8,029 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Stripp | 5,582 | 100.0 | ||
| Majority | 5,582 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | 5,582 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Hartford Courant 15 Jun 1976, page 8".
- ^ "Public Reporting". ctemspublic.pcctg.net. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Vote, General Election, November 8, 2016" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of the State. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 9, 2017.
Election Results and Related Data. Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Last modified 4/25/2016. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20101110081436/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3179&Q=392194&SOTSNav_GID=1846 on 5/19/2016.