Connecticut's 135th House of Representatives district

Connecticut's 135th State
House of Representatives
district
Representative
  Anne Meiman Hughes
D–Easton

The one hundred thirty-fifth Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Its current representative is Anne Hughes. Before 2002, the district contained the towns of Easton, Redding and parts of Newtown and Weston; boundary changes which took effect for the 2002 election removed Newtown and part of Redding from the district and added the remaining portion of Weston. The 135th District was a safe Republican seat in the House, in part due to the lack of Democratic opposition, but an increased Democratic Party presence in recent years has changed this.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years District home Note
Samuel "Sam" Liskov Democratic 1967 – 1973 Bridgeport Redistricted to the 131st District
Samuel S. Freedman Republican 1973 – 1975 Westport
Paul C. Manchester Republican 1975 – 1976 Westport Died in office.[1]
Alice Virginia Meyer Republican 1976 – 1993 Easton
John Stripp Republican 1993 – 2011 Weston Did not seek reelection
John Shaban Republican 2011 – 2017 Redding
Adam Dunsby Republican 2017 – 2019 Easton Simultaneously served as First Selectman of Easton. Lost re-election
Anne Hughes Democratic 2019 – present Redding Incumbent

Recent elections

State Election 2018: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anne Hughes 6,449 52.82%
Working Families Anne Hughes 118 0.97%
Total Anne Hughes 6,567 53.79%
Republican Adam Dunsby (incumbent) 5,393 44.17%
Independent Party Adam Dunsby (incumbent) 183 1.50%
Total Adam Dunsby (incumbent) 5,576 45.67%
Green Michael Pitassi 66 0.54%
Total votes 13,487 100.00%
Democratic hold

[2]

State Election 2016: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adam Dunsby 6,934 51.41%
Independent Party Adam Dunsby 252 1.87%
Total Adam Dunsby (incumbent) 7,186 53.28%
Democratic Bonnie Troy 6,001 44.49%
Green Bonnie Troy 300 2.22%
Total Bonnie Troy 6,301 46.72%
Total votes 13,487 100.00%
Republican hold

[3]

State Election 2014: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John T. Shaban 5,578 81.3 +28.9
Green Bonnie E. Troy 1,287 18.7 +16.1
Majority
Turnout 6,865
Republican hold Swing
State Election 2012: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John T. Shaban 6,588 52.4 −4.0
Democratic Leon J. Karvelis 5,661 45 +3.2
Green Gabriel B. Rossi 326 2.6 +0.8
Majority
Turnout 12,575
Republican hold Swing
State Election 2010: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John T. Shaban 5,715 56.4 −25.6
Democratic Carl D. Bernstein 4,240 41.8 +41.8
Green Gabriel B. Rossi 184 1.8 −16.2
Majority 1,475 14.5 −49.6
Turnout 10,139
Republican hold Swing -33.7
State Election 2008: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Stripp 8,139 82.0 −6.3
Green Remy G. Chevalier 1,782 18.0 +6.3
Majority 6,357 64.1 −12.5
Turnout 9,921
Republican hold Swing -6.3
State Election 2006: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Stripp 5,711 88.3 +6.0
Green Nancy Burton 758 11.7 −6.0
Majority 4,953 76.6 +13.0
Turnout 6,469
Republican hold Swing +6.0
State Election 2004: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Stripp 7,653 82.3 −17.7
Green Nancy Burton 1,649 17.7 +17.7
Majority 5,914 63.6 −36.4
Turnout 9,302
Republican hold Swing -17.7
State Election 2002: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Stripp 5,570 100.0 0.0
Majority 5,570 100.0 0.0
Turnout 5,570
Republican hold Swing 0.0
State Election 2000: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Stripp 8,029 100.0 0.0
Majority 8,029 100.0 0.0
Turnout 8,029
Republican hold Swing 0.0
State Election 1998: House District 135
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Stripp 5,582 100.0
Majority 5,582 100.0
Turnout 5,582
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Hartford Courant 15 Jun 1976, page 8".
  2. ^ "Public Reporting". ctemspublic.pcctg.net. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Statement of Vote, General Election, November 8, 2016" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of the State. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 9, 2017.

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