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

• List of members of the Connecticut General Assembly from Norwalk

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".

External links

• Connecticut House District Map