Connecticut's 4th congressional district

Connecticut's 4th congressional district
	Connecticut's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Jim Himes; D–Cos Cob
Area	539 sq mi (1,400 km2)
Distribution	95.9% urban; 4.1% rural;
Population (2015)	736,742
Median income	$94,547
Ethnicity	64.8% White; 11.2% Black; 4.6% Asian; 17.4% Hispanic; 0.1% Native American; 1.9% other;
Cook PVI	D+7

Connecticut's 4th Congressional District is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in the southwestern part of the state, the district is largely suburban and extends from Bridgeport, the largest city in the state, to Greenwich. The district also extends inland, toward Danbury and toward the Lower Naugatuck Valley.

Principal cities include: Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Stamford.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Jim Himes.

Towns in the DistrictEdit

The district includes the following towns:

Fairfield County - Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton (part), Stamford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton.

New Haven County - Oxford.

Voter RegistrationEdit

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 30, 2012^[3]
Party		Active	Inactive	Total	Percentage
	Democratic	141,355	9,427	150,782	36.17%
	Republican	98,663	5,106	103,769	24.89%
	Minor Parties	3,737	312	4,049	0.97%
	Unaffiliated	146,218	12,043	158,261	37.97%
Total		389,973	26,888	416,861	100.00%

Recent presidential electionsEdit

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 55 - 41%
2004	President	Kerry 52 - 46%
2008	President	Obama 60 - 40%
2012	President	Obama 55 - 44%
2016	President	Clinton 60 - 37%

Recent electionsEdit

1987 election (special)Edit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 1987: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays	50,518	57%
	Democratic	Christine Niedermeier	37,293	42%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			87,811	100%

1988 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 1988: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	147,843	72%
	Democratic	Roger J. Pearson	55,751	27%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			203,594	100%

1990 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 1990: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	105,682	77%
	Democratic	Al Smith	32,352	23%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			138,034	100%

1992 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 1992: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	147,816	67%
	Democratic	Dave Schropfer	58,666	27%
	A Connecticut Party	Al Smith	11,679	5%
	Natural Law	Ronald M. Fried	1,445	1%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			219,606	100%

1994 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 1994: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	109,436	74%
	Democratic	Jonathan Kantrowitz	34,962	24%
	Libertarian	Irving Sussman	1,976	1%
	Natural Law	Terry M. Nevas	688	0.47%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			147,062	100%

1996 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 1996: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	121,949	60%
	Democratic	William Finch	75,902	38%
	Libertarian	Edward H. Tonkin	2,815	1%
	Natural Law	Terry M. Nevas	1,046	1%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			201,712	100%

1998 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 1998: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	94,767	69%
	Democratic	Jonathan Kantrowitz	40,988	28%
	Libertarian	Marshall C. Harrison	1,449	1%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			137,204	100%

2000 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 2000: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	119,155	58%
	Democratic	Stephanie Sanchez	84,472	41%
	Libertarian	Daniel Gislao	2,034	1%
	Independent	Frank M. Don	1,097	0.53%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			206,758	100%

2002 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 2002: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	113,197	64%
	Democratic	Stephanie Sanchez	62,491	36%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			175,688	100%

2004 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 2004: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	149,891	52%
	Democratic	Diane Farrell	136,481	48%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			286,372	100%

2006 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 2006: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	106,510	51%
	Democratic	Diane Farrell	99,450	48%
	Libertarian	Phil Maymin	3,058	1%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			209,018	100%

2008 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 2008: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Himes	159,694	51%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	147,356	47%
	Libertarian	Michael A. Carrano	2,036	1%
	Green	Richard Z. Duffee	1,377	0.44%
Turnout			310,463	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

2010 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 2010: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Himes (incumbent)	115,351	53%
	Republican	Daniel Debicella	102,030	47%
Turnout			217,381	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th Congressional District Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Himes (incumbent)	174,461	60%
	Republican	Steve Obsitnik	117,463	40%
Turnout			291,924	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing

2014 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th Congressional District Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Himes (incumbent)	106,873	54%
	Republican	Dan Debicella	91,922	46%
Turnout			198,800	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing

2016 electionEdit

Connecticut 4th Congressional District Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Himes (incumbent)	185,928	60%
	Republican	John Shaban	123,630	40%
Turnout			309,558	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing

List of members representing the districtEdit

Representative	Party	Years of Service	Cong ress(es)	Hometown	Electoral history
Thomas T. Whittlesey	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Danbury	Redistricted from the at-large district.
Thomas B. Osborne	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Fairfield	Retired.
Samuel Simons	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Bridgeport	Retired.
Truman Smith	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Stamford	Retired to run for U.S. Senator
Thomas B. Butler	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Norwalk	Lost re-election.
Origen S. Seymour	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Litchfield	Retired to become judge of the Connecticut Superior Court
William W. Welch	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Norfolk	Retired.
William D. Bishop	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Bridgeport	Lost re-election.
Orris S. Ferry	Republican	nowrap \| March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Norwalk	Lost re-election.
George C. Woodruff	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Litchfield	Lost re-election.
John Henry Hubbard	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Litchfield	Lost re-election.
William Henry Barnum	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – May 18, 1876	40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th	Lime Rock	Resigned when elected to U.S. Senate
Vacant		May 18, 1876 – December 4, 1876
Levi Warner	Democratic	December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Norwalk	Retired.
Frederick Miles	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Salisbury	Retired.
Edward Woodruff Seymour	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Litchfield	Retired.
Miles T. Granger	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	North Canaan	Retired.
Frederick Miles	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Salisbury	Lost re-election.
Robert E. De Forest	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Bridgeport	Lost re-election.
Ebenezer J. Hill	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Norwalk	Lost re-election.
Jeremiah Donovan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Norwalk	Lost re-election.
Ebenezer J. Hill	Republican	March 4, 1915 – September 27, 1917	64th 65th	Norwalk	Died.
Vacant		September 27, 1917 – November 6, 1917
Schuyler Merritt	Republican	November 6, 1917 – March 3, 1931	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Stamford	Lost re-election.
William L. Tierney	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Greenwich	Lost re-election.
Schuyler Merritt	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	Stamford	Lost re-election.
Alfred N. Phillips	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Stamford	Lost re-election.
Albert E. Austin	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Greenwich	Lost re-election.
Le Roy D. Downs	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	Norwalk	Lost re-election.
Clare Boothe Luce	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947	78th 79th	Greenwich	Retired.
John Davis Lodge	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951	80th 81st	Westport	Retired to run for Governor
Albert P. Morano	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959	82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Greenwich	Lost re-election.
Donald J. Irwin	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Norwalk	Lost re-election.
Abner W. Sibal	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	Norwalk	Lost re-election.
Donald J. Irwin	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969	89th 90th	Norwalk	Lost re-election.
Lowell P. Weicker Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971	91st	Greenwich	Retired to run for U.S. Senator
Stewart McKinney	Republican	January 3, 1971 – May 7, 1987	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Fairfield	Died.
Vacant		May 7, 1987 – August 18, 1987
Christopher Shays	Republican	August 18, 1987 – January 3, 2009	100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Bridgeport	Lost re-election.
Jim Himes	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – Present	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Greenwich	Elected in 2008.

Living former MembersEdit

As of August 2015^[update], there are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district who are currently alive. The most recent representative to die was Donald J. Irwin (served 1959-1961, 1965-1969) on July 7, 2013. The most recently serving representative to die was Stewart McKinney (served 1971-1987), who died in office on May 7, 1987.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	1969–1971	(1931-05-16) May 16, 1931 (age 88)
Chris Shays	1987–2009	(1945-10-18) October 18, 1945 (age 73)

Historical district boundariesEdit

2003 - 2013

ReferencesEdit

Notes

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=09&cd=04
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 30, 2012" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

Bibliography

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 41°11′49″N 73°23′19″W / 41.19694°N 73.38861°W / 41.19694; -73.38861

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=09&cd=04

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 30, 2012" (PDF). Connecticut Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

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