Connecticut House of Representatives | |
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Connecticut General Assembly | |
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Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 6, 2021 |
Leadership | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
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Seats | 151 |
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Political groups | Majority Minority |
Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article III, Section 1, Connecticut Constitution |
Salary | $28,000/year |
Elections | |
Last election | November 3, 2020 (151 seats) |
Next election | November 8, 2022 (151 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber Connecticut State Capitol Hartford, Connecticut | |
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Connecticut House of Representatives |
The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.
The House of Representatives has its basis in the earliest incarnation of the General Assembly, the "General Corte" established in 1636 whose membership was divided between six generally elected magistrates (the predecessor of the Connecticut Senate) and three-member "committees" representing each of the three towns of the Connecticut Colony (Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor). The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, adopted in 1639, replaced the committees with deputies; each town would elect three or four deputies for six-month terms. Although the magistrates and deputies sat together, they voted separately and in 1645 it was decreed that a measure had to have the approval of both groups in order to pass. The Charter of 1662 reduced the number of deputies per town to no more than two, and also changed the title of the legislature to the General Assembly. It was in 1698 that the General Assembly divided itself into its current bicameral form, with the twelve assistants (that replaced the magistrates) as the Council (which became the Senate in the 1818 constitution) and the deputies as the House of Representatives, which began electing the Speaker to preside over it. The terms of representatives were raised to two years in 1884. [1]
The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also its chief leadership position and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.
The current Speaker is Matthew Ritter of the 1st House District the includes part of Hartford. The Majority Leader is Jason Rojas of the 9th House District which includes part of East Hartford and part of Manchester. The Minority Leader is Republican Vincent Candelora of the 86th House District that includes part of Durham, part of Guilford, North Branford, and part of Wallingford.
Position | Representative | District | |
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Speaker | Matthew Ritter | 1 | |
Majority Leader | Jason Rojas | 9 | |
Minority Leader | Vincent Candelora | 86 |
97 | 54 |
Democratic | Republican |
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
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Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
End of Previous Legislature: 2018-2020 | 80 | 71 | 151 | 0 |
Begin 2021 | 97 | 54 | 151 | 0 |
January 2021 | 97 | 54 | 151 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 60.3% | 39.7% | 100 |
Current members of the Connecticut House of Representatives, as of January 6,2021 [update] .
District | Name [2] | Party | Home city/town | First elected | Cities/towns represented |
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1 | Matthew Ritter | Dem | Hartford | 2010 | Hartford (part) |
2 | Raghib Allie-Brennan | Dem | Bethel | 2018 | Bethel (part), Danbury (part), Newtown (part), Redding (part) |
3 | Minnie Gonzalez | Dem | Hartford | 1996 | Hartford (part) |
4 | Julio Concepcion | Dem | Hartford | 2018 (special) | Hartford (part) |
5 | Brandon McGee | Dem | Hartford | 2012 | Hartford (part), Windsor (part) |
6 | Edwin Vargas | Dem | Hartford | 2012 | Hartford (part) |
7 | Joshua M. Hall | Dem/WFP | Hartford | 2017 | Hartford (part) |
8 | Tim Ackert | Rep | Coventry | 2010 | Columbia, Coventry, Tolland (part), Vernon (part) |
9 | Jason Rojas | Dem | East Hartford | 2008 | East Hartford (part), Manchester (part) |
10 | Henry Genga | Dem | East Hartford | 2006 | East Hartford (part) |
11 | Jeffrey Currey | Dem | East Hartford | 2014 | East Hartford (part), Manchester (part), South Windsor (part) |
12 | Geoff Luxenberg | Dem | Manchester | 2018 | Manchester (part) |
13 | Jason Edward Doucette | Dem | Manchester | 2018 | Glastonbury (part), Manchester (part) |
14 | Tom Delnicki | Rep | South Windsor | 2016 | South Windsor (part) |
15 | Bobby Gibson | Dem | Bloomfield | 2018 (special) | Bloomfield, Windsor (part) |
16 | John K. Hampton | Dem | Simsbury | 2012 | Simsbury |
17 | Eleni Karvos DeGraw | Dem | Canton | 2020 | Avon (part), Canton |
18 | Jillian Gilchrest | Dem | West Hartford | 2018 | West Hartford (part) |
19 | Tammy Exum | Dem | West Hartford | 2019 (special) | Avon (part), Farmington (part), West Hartford (part) |
20 | Kate Farrar | Dem | West Hartford | 2020 | West Hartford (part) |
21 | Mike Demicco | Dem | Farmington | 2012 | Farmington (part) |
22 | William Petit | Rep | Plainville | 2016 | New Britain (part), Plainville |
23 | Devin Carney | Rep | Old Saybrook | 2014 | Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook (part) |
24 | Emmanuel Sanchez | Dem | New Britain | 2020 | New Britain (part), Newington (part) |
25 | Bobby Sanchez | Dem | New Britain | 2011 | New Britain (part) |
26 | Peter Tercyak | Dem | New Britain | 2003 | New Britain (part) |
27 | Gary Turco | Dem | Newington | 2018 | Newington (part) |
28 | Amy Morrin Bello | Dem | Wethersfield | 2020 | Wethersfield (part) |
29 | Kerry Szeps Wood | Dem | Rocky Hill | 2018 | Newington (part), Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part) |
30 | Donna Veach | Rep | Berlin | 2020 | Berlin (part), Southington (part) |
31 | Jill Barry | Dem | Glastonbury | 2018 | Glastonbury (part) |
32 | Christie Carpino | Rep | Cromwell | 2010 | Cromwell, Portland |
33 | Brandon Chafee | Dem | Middletown | 2020 | Middletown (part) |
34 | Irene Haines | Rep | East Hampton | 2018 | Colchester (part), East Haddam, East Hampton |
35 | Christine Goupil | Dem | Westbrook | 2020 | Clinton, Killingworth, Westbrook (part) |
36 | Christine Palm | Dem | Haddam | 2018 | Chester, Deep River, Essex, Haddam |
37 | Holly Cheeseman | Rep | Niantic | 2016 | East Lyme, Salem |
38 | Kathleen McCarty | Rep | Waterford | 2014 | Montville (part), Waterford |
39 | Anthony Nolan | Dem | New London | 2019 (special) | New London (part) |
40 | Christine Conley | Dem | Groton | 2016 | Groton (part), Ledyard (part) |
41 | Joe de la Cruz | Dem | Groton | 2016 | Groton (part), New London (part) |
42 | Mike France | Rep | Ledyard | 2014 | Ledyard (part), Montville (part), Preston |
43 | Greg Howard | Rep | North Stonington | 2020 | North Stonington, Stonington |
44 | Anne Dauphinais | Rep | Killingly | 2016 | Killingly (part), Plainfield (part) |
45 | Brian Lanoue | Rep | Griswold | 2018 | Griswold, Lisbon (part), Plainfield (part), Sterling, Voluntown |
46 | Emmett Riley | Dem | Norwich | 2012 | Norwich (part) |
47 | Doug Dubitsky | Rep | Canterbury | 2014 | Canterbury, Chaplin, Franklin, Hampton, Lisbon (part), Lebanon (part), Norwich (part), Scotland, Sprague |
48 | Brian Smith | Dem | Colchester | 2020 (special) | Colchester(part), Lebanon (part), Mansfield (part), Windham (part) |
49 | Susan Johnson | Dem | Windham | 2008 | Windham (part) |
50 | Pat Boyd | Dem | Pomfret | 2016 | Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Union, Woodstock |
51 | Rick Hayes | Rep | Putnam | 2018 | Killingly (part), Putnam, Thompson |
52 | Kurt Vail | Rep | Stafford | 2014 | Somers, Stafford |
53 | Tammy Nuccio | Rep | Tolland | 2020 | Ashford, Tolland (part), Willington |
54 | Gregory Haddad | Dem | Mansfield | 2010 | Mansfield (part) |
55 | Robin Green | Rep | Marlborough | 2016 | Andover, Bolton, Hebron, Marlborough |
56 | Mike Winkler | Dem | Vernon | 2016 | Vernon (part) |
57 | Jaime Foster | Dem | Broad Brook | 2020 | East Windsor (part), Ellington |
58 | Tom Arnone | Dem | Enfield | 2018 | Enfield (part) |
59 | Carol Hall | Rep | Enfield | 2016 | East Windsor (part), Enfield (part) |
60 | Jane Garibay | Dem | Windsor Locks | 2016 | Windsor (part), Windsor Locks |
61 | Tami Zawistowski | Rep | Suffield | 2014 | East Granby, Suffield, Windsor (part) |
62 | Mark Anderson | Rep | Granby | 2020 | Barkhamsted, Granby, Hartland, New Hartford |
63 | Jay Case | Rep | Colebrook | 2012 | Colebrook, Goshen (part), Torrington (part), Winchester |
64 | Maria Horn | Dem | North Canaan | 2018 | Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen (part), Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part) |
65 | Michelle Cook | Dem | Torrington | 2008 | Torrington (part) |
66 | David Wilson | Rep | Litchfield | 2016 | Bethlehem, Litchfield (part), Morris, Warren, Woodbury (part) |
67 | Bill Buckbee | Rep | New Milford | 2016 | New Milford (part) |
68 | Joseph Polletta | Rep | Watertown | 2017 | Watertown, Woodbury (part) |
69 | Cindy Harrison | Rep | Southbury | 2020 | Bridgewater, Roxbury, Southbury (part), Washington |
70 | Rosa Rebimbas | Rep | Naugatuck | 2009 | Naugatuck (part) |
71 | Anthony D'Amelio | Rep | Waterbury | 1996 | Middlebury, Waterbury (part) |
72 | Larry Butler | Dem | Waterbury | 2006 | Waterbury (part) |
73 | Ron Napoli | Dem | Waterbury | 2018 | Waterbury (part) |
74 | Michael DiGiovancarlo | Dem | Waterbury | 2020 | Waterbury (part) |
75 | Geraldo Reyes | Dem | Waterbury | 2016 | Waterbury (part) |
76 | John Piscopo | Rep | Thomaston | 1988 | Burlington, Harwinton, Litchfield (part), Thomaston |
77 | Cara Pavalock-D'Amato | Rep | Bristol | 2014 | Bristol (part) |
78 | Whit Betts | Rep | Bristol | 2010 | Bristol (part), Plymouth |
79 | Chris Ziogas | Dem | Bristol | 2016 | Bristol (part) |
80 | Gale Mastrofrancesco | Rep | Wolcott | 2018 | Wolcott, Southington (part) |
81 | John Fusco | Rep | Southington | 2016 | Southington (part) |
82 | Michael Quinn | Dem | Meriden | 2020 | Meriden (part), Middlefield |
83 | Catherine Abercrombie | Dem | Meriden | 2005 | Berlin (part), Meriden (part) |
84 | Hilda Santiago | Dem | Meriden | 2012 | Meriden (part) |
85 | Mary Mushinsky | Dem | Wallingford | 1980 | Wallingford (part) |
86 | Vincent Candelora | Rep | North Branford | 2006 | Durham (part), Guilford (part), North Branford, Wallingford (part) |
87 | Dave Yaccarino | Rep | North Haven | 2010 | North Haven |
88 | Josh Elliott | Dem | Hamden | 2017 | Hamden (part) |
89 | Lezlye Zupkus | Rep | Prospect | 2012 | Bethany, Cheshire (part), Prospect |
90 | Craig C. Fishbein | Rep | Wallingford | 2016 | Cheshire (part), Wallingford (part) |
91 | Mike D'Agostino | Dem | Hamden | 2012 | Hamden (part) |
92 | Patricia Dillon | Dem | New Haven | 1984 | New Haven (part) |
93 | Toni Walker | Dem | New Haven | 2001 | New Haven (part) |
94 | Robyn Porter | Dem | New Haven | 2014 | Hamden (part), New Haven (part) |
95 | Juan Candelaria | Dem | New Haven | 2002 | New Haven (part) |
96 | Roland Lemar | Dem | New Haven | 2010 | East Haven (part), New Haven (part) |
97 | Alphonse Paolillo | Dem | New Haven | 2018 | New Haven (part) |
98 | Sean Scanlon | Dem | Guilford | 2014 | Branford (part), Guilford (part) |
99 | Joseph Zullo | Rep | East Haven | 2019 (special) | East Haven (part) |
100 | Quentin Phipps | Dem | Middletown | 2018 | Middletown (part) |
101 | John-Michael Parker | Dem | Madison | 2020 | Durham (part), Madison |
102 | Robin Comey | Dem | Branford | 2018 | Branford (part) |
103 | Liz Linehan | Dem | Cheshire | 2016 | Cheshire (part), Southington (part), Wallingford (part) |
104 | Kara Rochelle | Dem | Ansonia | 2018 | Ansonia, Derby (part) |
105 | Nicole Klarides-Ditria | Rep | Seymour | 2018 | Beacon Falls, Derby (part), Seymour |
106 | Mitch Bolinsky | Rep | Newtown | 2012 | Newtown (part) |
107 | Stephen Harding | Rep | Brookfield | 2015 | Bethel (part), Brookfield, Danbury (part) |
108 | Patrick Callahan | Rep | New Fairfield | 2020 | Danbury (part), New Fairfield (part), New Milford (part), Sherman |
109 | David Arconti | Dem | Danbury | 2012 | Danbury (part) |
110 | Bob Godfrey | Dem | Danbury | 1988 | Danbury (part) |
111 | Aimee Berger-Girvalo | Dem | Ridgefield | 2020 | Ridgefield (part) |
112 | J. P. Sredzinski | Rep | Monroe | 2014 | Monroe, Newtown (part) |
113 | Jason Perillo | Rep | Shelton | 2007 | Shelton (part) |
114 | Mary Welander | Dem | Derby | 2020 | Derby (part), Orange (part), Woodbridge (part) |
115 | Dorinda Keenan Borer | Dem | West Haven | 2017 (special) | West Haven (part) |
116 | Michael DiMassa | Dem | West Haven | 2018 | New Haven (part), West Haven (part) |
117 | Charles Ferraro | Rep | West Haven | 2014 | Milford (part), Orange (part), West Haven (part) |
118 | Frank Smith | Dem | Milford | 2020 | Milford (part) |
119 | Kathy Kennedy | Rep | Milford | 2018 | Orange (part), Milford (part) |
120 | Phil Young | Dem | Stratford | 2018 (special) | Stratford (part) |
121 | Joe Gresko | Dem | Stratford | 2016 | Stratford (part) |
122 | Ben McGorty | Rep | Shelton | 2014 | Shelton (part), Stratford (part), Trumbull (part) |
123 | David Rutigliano | Rep | Trumbull | 2012 | Trumbull (part) |
124 | Andre Baker | Dem | Bridgeport | 2014 | Bridgeport (part) |
125 | Tom O'Dea | Rep | New Canaan | 2012 | New Canaan (part), Wilton (part) |
126 | Charlie Stallworth | Dem | Bridgeport | 2011 | Bridgeport (part) |
127 | Jack Hennessy | Dem | Bridgeport | 2004 | Bridgeport (part) |
128 | Christopher Rosario | Dem | Bridgeport | 2014 | Bridgeport (part) |
129 | Steven Stafstrom | Dem | Bridgeport | 2015 | Bridgeport (part) |
130 | Antonio Felipe | Dem | Bridgeport | 2019 (special) | Bridgeport (part) |
131 | David Labriola | Rep | Naugatuck | 2002 | Naugatuck (part), Oxford, Southbury (part) |
132 | Jennifer Leeper | Dem | Fairfield | 2020 | Fairfield (part) |
133 | Cristin McCarthy Vahey | Dem | Fairfield | 2014 | Fairfield (part) |
134 | Laura Devlin | Rep | Fairfield | 2014 | Fairfield (part), Trumbull (part) |
135 | Anne Hughes | Dem | Redding | 2018 | Easton, Redding (part), Weston |
136 | Jonathan Steinberg | Dem | Westport | 2010 | Westport (part) |
137 | Chris Perone | Dem | Norwalk | 2004 | Norwalk (part) |
138 | Ken Gucker | Dem | Danbury | 2018 | Danbury (part), New Fairfield (part), Ridgefield (part) |
139 | Kevin Ryan | Dem | Montville | 1992 | Bozrah, Montville (part), Norwich (part) |
140 | Travis Simms | Dem | Norwalk | 2018 | Norwalk (part) |
141 | Terrie Wood | Rep | Darien | 2008 | Darien (part), Norwalk (part) |
142 | Lucy Dathan | Dem | Norwalk | 2018 | New Canaan (part), Norwalk (part) |
143 | Stephiane Thomas | Dem | Wilton | 2020 | Norwalk (part), Westport (part), Wilton (part) |
144 | Caroline Simmons | Dem | Stamford | 2014 | Stamford (part) |
145 | Patricia Miller | Dem | Stamford | 2008 | Stamford (part) |
146 | David Michel | Dem | Stamford | 2018 | Stamford (part) |
147 | Matt Blumenthal | Dem | Stamford | 2018 | Darien (part), Stamford (part) |
148 | Daniel J. Fox | Dem | Stamford | 2011 | Stamford (part) |
149 | Kimberly Fiorello | Rep | Greenwich | 2020 | Greenwich (part), Stamford (part) |
150 | Steve Meskers | Dem | Greenwich | 2018 | Greenwich (part) |
151 | Harry Arora | Rep | Greenwich | 2020 (special) | Greenwich (part) |
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