Laura Dancho is an American politician, who is a Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from District 120 since 2023. [1] She was formerly a member of Stratford Town Council. [2]
Norfolk is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region. The urban center of the town is the Norfolk census-designated place, with a population of 553 at the 2010 census.
Rosa Luisa DeLauro is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in New Haven and includes most of its suburbs. DeLauro is the dean of Connecticut's congressional delegation.
Since Connecticut became a U.S. state in 1788, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, beginning with the 1st United States Congress in 1789. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years in general elections, with their re-election staggered. Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by the Connecticut General Assembly. Each state elects varying numbers of members of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms. Connecticut has sent five members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 2000 United States Census.
The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive minor political party in the United States, founded in New York in 1998. There are active chapters in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The Connecticut State 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 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Connecticut, one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.
Laura Devlin is an American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 134th district from 2015 to 2023. She was chosen to be the running mate of Bob Stefanowski in the 2022 election for governor.
Raquel Dancho is a Canadian politician who serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Kildonan—St. Paul, Manitoba. A member of the Conservative Party, Dancho was elected following the 2019 Canadian federal election.
Dancho is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Connecticut, one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Connecticut and the 2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, other elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Thomas A. Delnicki commonly known as Tom Delnicki is an American politician who has served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 14th district since 2017. Delnicki is a Republican.
Joe de la Cruz is an American businessman, sheetmetal worker, and politician who served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 41st district. He assumed office in 2017.
The 2022 Connecticut House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect members to the Connecticut House of Representatives, one from each of the state's 151 General Assembly districts. The date of this the election corresponded with other elections in the state, including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Connecticut State Senate.
Stephen Robert Meskers is an American politician who is currently serving as the representative from the 150th district in the Connecticut House of Representatives for the Democratic Party since 2019. His district includes part of Greenwich, Connecticut. He is also a member on the Town Representative Meeting (RTM), District 6 in Greenwich.
Phil Young is an American Democratic Party politician who served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 120th district, which includes part of Stratford, from 2018 to 2022. Young was first elected in 2018 during a special election against Republican Bill Cabral. In that year's general election, Young defeated Republican Jim Feehan by just 13 votes. Young defeated Feehan again in 2020 by a 2.6 point margin. In February 2022, Young announced that he will seek re-election in the 2022 Connecticut House of Representatives election but was unseated by Republican Laura Dancho. Young served as a member of the house's Judiciary Committee, Public Health Committee, and the Environment Committee.
Connecticut's 23rd House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It consists of the towns of Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, and part of Westbrook. It has been represented by Republican Devin Carney since 2015.
Connecticut's 100th House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It encompasses parts of Middletown. The seat has been held by Kai Belton since March 6, 2023, following a special election after the untimely death of Quentin Williams, a Democrat.
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 Republican Laura Dancho since 2022.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states, as well as 6 non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories to the United States House of Representatives. Special elections have also been held on various dates in 2024. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the U.S. presidential election and elections to the Senate, were also held on this date. The winners of this election will serve in the 119th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2020 United States census.
The 2024 Connecticut House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections. Primary elections took take place on August 14, 2024. Democrats gained a two-thirds majority in the state house, and along with expanding their Senate majority, were able to achieve a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature. This allowed them to override any veto by governor Ned Lamont.