Connecticut's 140th House of Representatives district

Connecticut's 140th State
House of Representatives
district
Representative
  Travis Simms
D–Norwalk
Demographics<45.4% White
27.2% Black
27.4% Hispanic

Connecticut's 140th House district is one of 151 Connecticut House of Representatives districts. It is currently represented by Travis Simms. The district consists of the central part of the city of Norwalk.

List of representatives

Prior to redistricting in 1972, Otha Brown Jr. represented the 148th District and John Fabrizio represented the 147th. The redistricting formed the 140th from the old 148th, 147th and part of the 145th District. This forced a contest between the two incumbents.[1] Brown was defeated by Fabrizio in the November 1972 election.

Representative Party Years District home Note
Melville A. Burrows Republican 1967–1968 Fairfield Resigned from the State House in 1968 to move to Arizona[2]
Roy Henry Ervin Republican 1969–1973 Fairfield
John Fabrizio Republican 1973–1975 Norwalk Redistricted from the 147th
William A. Collins Democratic 1975–1977 Norwalk Served as mayor of Norwalk
Thomas C. O'Connor Republican 1977–1981 Norwalk Served as mayor of Norwalk
John Atkin Democratic 1981 – 1985 Norwalk Defeated in general election
Janet M. Mills Republican 1985–1987 Norwalk Defeated in general election
Douglas Mintz Democratic 1987–1992 Norwalk Appointed Superior Court judge
Donnie Sellers Democratic 1993 – 1997 Norwalk Resigned due to conviction of bribery
Joseph Clemmons Democratic 1997 – January 8, 2003 Norwalk
Joseph Mann Democratic 2003–2007 Norwalk
Bruce Morris Democratic 2007 – 2019 Norwalk Retired
Travis Simms Democratic 2019 – Norwalk

Recent elections

2002

State Election 2002: House District 140
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph Mann 1819
Republican Richard A. McQuaid 1102
Independent Donnie Sellers

2004

State Election 2004: House District 140
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph Mann

2006

State Election 2006: House District 140
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bruce Morris 2,385
Republican Richard A. McQuaid 934
Independent Myrtice Riley-Wilson 39

2008

State Election 2008: House District 140
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bruce Morris 5,147
Working Families Bruce Morris 493
Republican No candidate

2010

State Election 2010: House District 140
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bruce Morris 2,997
Working Families Bruce Morris 281
Republican No candidate

2012

State Election 2012: House District 140
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bruce Morris 5,327[3]
Republican No candidate

2020

2020 Connecticut State House of Representatives election, District 140[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Travis Simms (incumbent) 5,861 78.11
Republican John J. Flynn 1,643 21.89
Total votes 7,504 100.00
Democratic hold

2022

2022 Connecticut State House of Representatives election, 140th District [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Travis Simms (incumbent) 3,061 100.00
Total votes 3,061 100.00

See also

References

  1. ^ "Connecticut Sunday Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  2. ^ "The Bridgeport Post 16 Sep 1968, page Page 13".
  3. ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Public Reporting". Connecticut Elections Management System. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Public Reporting".