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Connecticut's 137th House district is one of 151 Connecticut House of Representatives districts. It is represented by Kadeem Roberts. The district consists of part of the city of Norwalk.
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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| John D'Onofrio | Democratic | 1967 – 1973 | Bridgeport | Redistricted to the 127th District |
| Howard Newman | Republican | 1973 – 1975 | Norwalk | Redistricted from the 146th District |
| William Joslynn Lawless, Jr. | Democratic | 1975 – 1979 | Norwalk | |
| Andrew Glickson | Democratic | 1979 – 1981 | Norwalk | defeated by Esposito |
| Frank J. Esposito | Republican | 1981 – 1987 | Norwalk | Esposito was elected mayor of Norwalk prompting a special election in February 1988. Sally Bolster defeated Heather Rodin. |
| Sally Bolster | Republican | 1988 – 1993 | Norwalk | Bolster's residence was redistricted into a newly formed 141st district with part of Darien. She ran against incumbent Reginald L. Jones, Jr. as a Democrat but was defeated. |
| Alex Knopp | Democratic | 1993 – 2001 | Norwalk | Redistricted from the 139th District, Served as mayor of Norwalk (2001) |
| Bob Duff | Democratic | 2001 – 2005 | Norwalk | elected to State Senate |
| Chris Perone | Democratic | 2005 – 2022 | Norwalk | |
| Kadeem Roberts | Democratic | 2022 – present | Norwalk |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Kadeem Roberts | 3,863 | 62.61 | |
| Republican | Luis G. Estrella | 2,147 | 34.80 | |
| Working Families | Kadeem Roberts | 160 | 2.59 | |
| Total votes | 6,170 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Chris Perone (incumbent) | 7,813 | 66.61 | |
| Republican | Ellen G. Wink | 3,619 | 30.85 | |
| Independent | Ellen G. Wink | 298 | 2.54 | |
| Total votes | 11,730 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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