Connecticut's 120th House of Representatives district

Connecticut's 120th House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It encompasses parts of Stratford and has been represented by Democrat Kaitlyn Shake since 2025.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Robert H. Davis	Democratic	1967 – 1969	Milford
Henry A. Povinelli	Republican	1969 – 1973	Devon	Unsuccessfully ran the United States House of Representatives in 1972 [1]
William J. Smyth	Republican	1973 – 1975	Stratford	Redistricted from the 129th District
Michael A. Turiano	Democratic	1975 – 1977	Stratford
August A. Palmer, III	Republican	1977 – 1981	Stratford
J. Vincent Chase	Republican	1981 – 1997	Stratford
John A. Harkins	Republican	1997 – 2010	Stratford	Elected Mayor of Stratford [2]
Laura Hoydick	Republican	2010 – 2018	Stratford	Elected Mayor of Stratford [3]
Phil Young [4]	Democratic	2018 – 2023	Stratford
Laura Dancho	Republican	2023 – 2025	Stratford
Kaitlyn Shake	Democratic	2025 – present	Stratford

Recent elections

2020

2020 Connecticut State House of Representatives election, District 120 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Philip L. Young (incumbent)	6,869	51.70
	Republican	Jim Feehan	6,047	45.51
	Independent Party	Jim Feehan	371	2.79
Total votes			13,287	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 Connecticut House of Representatives election, District 120 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Young (Incumbent)	5,222	49.8
	Republican	Jim Feehan	5,209	49.7
	Petitioning	Prez Palmer	55	0.5
Total votes			10,486	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018 special

2018 Connecticut House of Representatives special elections, District 120 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Young	1,615	51
	Republican	Bill Cabral	1,552	49
Total votes			3,167	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 Connecticut House of Representatives election, District 120 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Hoydick (Incumbent)	7,511	62.69
	Democratic	Frederick Streets	4,470	37.31
Total votes			11,981	100.00
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Connecticut House of Representatives election, District 120 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Hoydick (Incumbent)	4,958	62.8
	Democratic	Robert P. Bradley	2,665	33.8
	Independent Party	Laura Hoydick (Incumbent)	273	3.5
Total votes			7,896	100.00
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Connecticut House of Representatives election, District 120 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Hoydick (Incumbent)	6,404	59.9
	Democratic	Terry Masters	4,229	39.5
	Petitioning	Clifton A. Price	65	0.6
Total votes			10,698	100.00
	Republican hold

References

1. "Our Campaigns - CT District 3 Race - Nov 07, 1972".
2. "Harkins unseats incumbent Stratford Mayor Miron".
3. "Rep. Hoydick to become first female Stratford mayor".
4. Ballotpedia. "Connecticut House of Representatives District 120". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
5. "Public Reporting". Connecticut Elections Management System. Retrieved November 10, 2020.