Connecticut's 8th House of Representatives district

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The eighth Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It is currently represented by Timothy J. Ackert. The district consists of the entire towns of Columbia, Coventry and part of the town of Vernon. Prior to 2001, the district also contained part of Lebanon but contained only part of Coventry.

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List of representatives

RepresentativePartyYearsDistrict homeNote
Patrick Flaherty Democratic 1993 – 2003 Coventry Did not run for reelection
Joan Lewis Democratic 2003 – 2011 Coventry Defeated
Tim Ackert Republican 2011 – Coventry Incumbent

Recent elections

State Election 2008: House District 8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Joan Lewis5,96847.7−8.9
Republican Timothy J. Ackert5,84546.7+6.8
Working Families Joan Lewis7115.7+3.2
Majority8346.7−13.6
Turnout 12,524
Democratic hold Swing -6.8
State Election 2006: House District 8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Joan Lewis5,47756.6−33.2
Republican Timothy J. Ackert3,85839.9+39.9
Working Families Joan Lewis3423.5−6.7
Majority1,96120.3−49.3
Turnout 9,677
Democratic hold Swing -39.9
State Election 2004: House District 8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Joan Lewis7,56889.9+35.1
Working Families J. David Batchelder85810.2+10.2
Majority6,71079.6+70.1
Turnout 8,426
Democratic hold Swing +24.9
State Election 2002: House District 8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Joan Lewis4,61554.8−8.5
Republican Robert J. Kleinhans3,81445.2+8.5
Majority8019.5−17.1
Turnout 8,429
Democratic hold Swing +8.5
State Election 2000: House District 8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Patrick Flaherty7,06063.3−5.8
Republican Robert J. Kleinhans4,09336.7+5.8
Majority2,96726.6−11.6
Turnout 11,153
Democratic hold Swing -5.8
State Election 1998: House District 8 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Patrick Flaherty5,68869.1
Republican Shelton John Stewart2,54530.9
Majority3,14338.2
Turnout 8,233
Democratic hold Swing

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References

  1. Election Results and Related Data. Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Updated 8/18/10. Accessed 9/27/10.