Connecticut's 137th House of Representatives district

Connecticut's 137th House district is one of 151 Connecticut House of Representatives districts. It is represented by Kadeem Roberts. The district consists of part of the city of Norwalk.

Connecticut's 137th State
House of Representatives
district

Representative
  Kadeem Roberts
DNorwalk

List of representatives

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Representative Party Years District home Note
John D'Onofrio Democratic 1967 – 1973 Bridgeport Redistricted to the 127th District
Howard Newman Republican 1973 – 1975 Norwalk Redistricted from the 146th District
William Joslynn Lawless, Jr. Democratic 1975 – 1979 Norwalk
Andrew Glickson Democratic 1979 – 1981 Norwalk defeated by Esposito
Frank J. Esposito Republican 1981 – 1987 Norwalk Esposito was elected mayor of Norwalk prompting a special election in February 1988. Sally Bolster defeated Heather Rodin.
Sally Bolster Republican 1988 – 1993 Norwalk Bolster's residence was redistricted into a newly formed 141st district with part of Darien. She ran against incumbent Reginald L. Jones, Jr. as a Democrat but was defeated.
Alex Knopp Democratic 1993 – 2001 Norwalk Redistricted from the 139th District, Served as mayor of Norwalk (2001)
Bob Duff Democratic 2001 – 2005 Norwalk elected to State Senate
Chris Perone Democratic 2005 – 2022 Norwalk
Kadeem Roberts Democratic 2022 – present Norwalk

Recent Election Results

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2022

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2022 Connecticut State House of Representatives election, 137th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kadeem Roberts 3,863 62.61
Republican Luis G. Estrella 2,147 34.80
Working Families Kadeem Roberts 160 2.59
Total votes 6,170 100.0

2020

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2020 Connecticut State House of Representatives election, District 137[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Perone (incumbent) 7,813 66.61
Republican Ellen G. Wink 3,619 30.85
Independent Party Ellen G. Wink 298 2.54
Total votes 11,730 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Public Reporting". Connecticut Elections Management System. Retrieved November 10, 2020.