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.
Michael Jarjura is an American attorney and politician who served as the mayor of Waterbury,Connecticut from 2001-2011.
Joan V. Hartley is an American politician. A Democrat,she has been a state senator from Connecticut since 2001.
Andrew J. McDonald is an American judge and former politician from Connecticut. He has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2013. He became acting chief justice in September 2024,after the retirement of then-Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson.
Connecticut is divided among five congressional districts from which citizens elect the state's representatives to the United States House of Representatives. After the re-apportionment following the 2000 census,Connecticut lost one representative,reducing the state's delegation from six to five. The redistricting process was shared between the Republican governor at the time,John G. Rowland,and the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. Before the census,the state's House delegation was split evenly between Republicans and Democrats,and the solution finally agreed upon by the redistricting committee would ensure an even match-up between incumbents,the 6th district's Nancy L. Johnson,a Republican,and the 5th district's James H. Maloney,a Democrat. In the 2002 elections,Johnson defeated Maloney by a surprisingly large margin in the new 5th district.
A six-week abortion ban,also called a "fetal heartbeat bill" by proponents,is a law in the United States which makes abortion illegal as early as six weeks gestational age,which is when proponents claim that a "fetal heartbeat" can be detected. Medical and reproductive health experts,including the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,say that the reference to a fetal heartbeat is medically inaccurate and misleading,for a conceptus is not called a fetus until eight weeks after fertilization,as well as that at four weeks after fertilization,the embryo has no heart,only a group of cells which will become a heart. Medical professionals advise that a true fetal heartbeat cannot be detected until around 17 to 20 weeks of gestation when the chambers of the heart have become sufficiently developed.
William Stone Cowsert is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party,Cowsert serves in the Georgia State Senate,representing the 46th district. He is the most senior member of the Senate Republican Caucus.
Catherine Ann Osten is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Connecticut State Senate representing District 19 since January 9,2013. Osten is a three term First Selectman from Sprague,Connecticut.
Stacey K. Guerin is an American politician from Maine. Guerin,a Republican,represents a portion of Penobscot County,Maine,including her residence in Glenburn,Maine,in the Maine Senate. She previously was elected to four terms to Maine House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2010. Guerin is a former schoolteacher and holds a degree in Elementary Education from the University of Maine.
Kevin C. Kelly is an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. A Republican,he has been a member of the Connecticut State Senate since 2011,elected from the 21st District. He was the Senate Republican Minority Leader from 2021-2024.
Robert Charles Sampson is an American politician from Connecticut. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected in 2010 to the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 80th House district,serving four terms (2011–2018). Since 2019,he has been a member of the Connecticut State Senate,elected from the 16th Senate District.
Deb Lavender is an American politician who from 2015 to 2021 served in the Missouri House of Representatives,and is serving again as of 2023. A Democrat,Lavender represented the 90th district from 2015 to 2021,which comprised all or part of the cities of Glendale,Kirkwood,Oakland,Sunset Hills,Warson Woods,and Webster Groves in St. Louis County. In 2020,she unsuccessfully ran for the Missouri Senate against incumbent Republican Andrew Koenig. As of 2022,she was elected to the House again from District 98,which includes the cities of Manchester,Twin Oaks,and Valley Park.
Kathryn Swan is an American politician. She is a Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives,having served since 2013. Because of term limits,she is not eligible to run for reelection in 2020,and she will instead run for the open senate seat that is being vacated by senator Wayne Wallingford.
Prasad Srinivasan is a physician and Republican politician who represented the town of Glastonbury in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
Douglas McCrory is a Democratic member of the Connecticut State Senate. He has served the 2nd district,which includes northern Hartford,Bloomfield,and Windsor since 2017. Before his election to the Senate,McCrory served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2005 to 2017 and as a Democratic Town Committee Member in the 7th District beginning in 2002.
Minnie Gonzalez is an American politician who has been a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since 1997,serving the 3rd district in Hartford. She is the Deputy Majority Leader since 2017.
Jahana Hayes is an American educator and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 5th congressional district since 2019. The district,once represented by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy,comprises much of the state's northwestern portion,including New Britain,Danbury,and Waterbury. A member of the Democratic Party,Hayes is the first Black woman and Black Democrat to represent Connecticut in Congress. She was recognized as the National Teacher of the Year in 2016.
Karla Rose Hanson is an American politician who has served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 44th district since 2016.
Julianne Young is an American politician from Idaho. Young is a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives from District 30 seat B.
Connecticut's 70th House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It encompasses parts of the city of Naugatuck and has been represented by Republican Rosa Rebimbas since 2009.
