Connecticut's 4th Congressional District
Connecticut's 4th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Jim Himes (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Connecticut representatives represented an average of 721,660 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 716,326 residents.
Elections
2024
See also: Connecticut's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
Connecticut's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
Connecticut's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Connecticut District 4
Incumbent Jim Himes defeated Michael Goldstein and Benjamin Wesley in the general election for U.S. House Connecticut District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Himes (D) | 61.1 | 200,791 | |
| Michael Goldstein (R) | 37.3 | 122,793 | ||
| Benjamin Wesley (Independent Party) | 1.6 | 5,273 | ||
| Total votes: 328,857 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jaden Skudlarek (Independent)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jim Himes advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 4.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 4
Michael Goldstein defeated Bob MacGuffie in the Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 4 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Goldstein | 53.7 | 4,312 | |
| Bob MacGuffie | 46.3 | 3,713 | ||
| Total votes: 8,025 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Daniel Miressi (R)
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Connecticut District 4
Incumbent Jim Himes defeated Jayme Stevenson in the general election for U.S. House Connecticut District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Himes (D) | 59.4 | 140,262 | |
| Jayme Stevenson (R / Independent Party) | 40.6 | 95,822 | ||
| Total votes: 236,084 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jim Himes advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 4.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 4
Jayme Stevenson defeated Michael Goldstein in the Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 4 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jayme Stevenson | 60.3 | 9,962 | |
| Michael Goldstein | 39.7 | 6,555 | ||
| Total votes: 16,517 | ||||
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2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Connecticut District 4
Incumbent Jim Himes defeated Jonathan Riddle, Brian Merlen, and Yusheng Peng in the general election for U.S. House Connecticut District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Himes (D) | 62.2 | 224,432 | |
| Jonathan Riddle (R) | 36.2 | 130,627 | ||
| Brian Merlen (Independent Party) | 1.6 | 5,647 | ||
| Yusheng Peng (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 360,716 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jim Himes advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 4.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Merlen (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Jonathan Riddle advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 4.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Goldstein (R)
- TJ Elgin (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Connecticut District 4
Incumbent Jim Himes defeated Harry Arora in the general election for U.S. House Connecticut District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Himes (D) | 61.2 | 168,726 | |
| Harry Arora (R) | 38.8 | 106,921 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 275,651 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Jim Himes (D) defeated John Shaban (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Both candidates won their nomination at a party convention and did not face a primary election in August. Himes won re-election in the November 8 election.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Jim Himes Incumbent |
59.9% | 187,811 | |
| Republican | John Shaban | 40.1% | 125,724 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 313,540 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State | ||||
2014
The 4th Congressional District of Connecticut held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jim Himes (D) defeated Dan Debicella (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jim Himes Incumbent |
53.8% | 106,873 | |
| Republican | Dan Debicella | 46.2% | 91,922 | |
| Total Votes | 198,795 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State | ||||
2012
The 4th Congressional District of Connecticut held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent James Himes won the election in the district.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jim Himes Incumbent |
60% | 175,929 | |
| Republican | Steve Obsitnik | 40% | 117,503 | |
| Total Votes | 293,432 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Jim Himes won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dan Debicella (R) and Eugene Flanagan (Independent) in the general election.[5]
| U.S. House, Connecticut District 4 General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jim Himes incumbent |
52% | 110,746 | |
| Republican | Dan Debicella | 47.9% | 102,030 | |
| Independent | Eugene Flanagan | 0% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 212,786 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Jim Himes won election to the United States House. He defeated incumbent Christopher Shays (R), Richard Z. Duffee (Green Party), Michael Anthony Carrano (Libertarian) and Eugene Flanagan (Write-in) in the general election.[6]
| U.S. House, Connecticut District 4 General Election, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic/Working Families | Jim Himes |
51.3% | 158,475 | |
| Republican | Christopher Shays incumbent | 47.6% | 146,854 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Anthony Carrano | 0.7% | 2,049 | |
| Green | Richard Z. Duffee | 0.4% | 1,388 | |
| Write-in | Eugene Flanagan | 0% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 308,776 | |||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Christopher Shays won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Diane Farrell (D) and Philip Z. Maymin (L) in the general election.[7]
| U.S. House, Connecticut District 4 General Election, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Christopher Shays incumbent |
51% | 106,510 | |
| Democratic | Diane Farrell | 47.6% | 99,450 | |
| Libertarian | Philip Z. Maymin | 1.5% | 3,058 | |
| Green | Write-in | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 209,019 | |||
2004
On November 2, 2004, Christopher Shays won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Diane Farrell (D) and Carl E. Vassar (Write-in) in the general election.[8]
| U.S. House, Connecticut District 4 General Election, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Christopher Shays incumbent |
52.4% | 152,493 | |
| Democratic | Diane Farrell | 47.6% | 138,333 | |
| Write-in | Carl E. Vassar | 0% | 4 | |
| Total Votes | 290,830 | |||
2002
On November 5, 2002, Christopher Shays won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Stephanie H. Sanchez (D) and Carl E. Vassar (Write-in) in the general election.[9]
| U.S. House, Connecticut District 4 General Election, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Christopher Shays incumbent |
64.4% | 113,197 | |
| Democratic | Stephanie H. Sanchez | 35.6% | 62,491 | |
| Write-in | Carl E. Vassar | 0% | 7 | |
| Total Votes | 175,695 | |||
2000
On November 7, 2000, Christopher Shays won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Stephanie Sanchez (D), Daniel Gislao (L) and Frank M. Don (I) in the general election.[10]
| U.S. House, Connecticut District 4 General Election, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Christopher Shays incumbent |
57.6% | 119,155 | |
| Democratic | Stephanie Sanchez | 40.9% | 84,472 | |
| Libertarian | Daniel Gislao | 1% | 2,034 | |
| Independent | Frank M. Don | 0.5% | 1,097 | |
| Total Votes | 206,758 | |||
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
On February 10, 2022, Connecticut enacted new congressional district boundaries when the Connecticut Supreme Court adopted the redistricting plan submitted by a court-appointed special master.[11][12] The court had appointed Nathaniel Persily to that position on December 23, 2021, and Persily submitted his proposed congressional district plan to the court on January 18, 2022. The state supreme court assumed control over congressional redistricting on December 21, 2021, after the Connecticut Reapportionment Commission missed an extended deadline to complete the process by that date. Under state law, the Reapportionment Commission had assumed responsibility over congressional redistricting after the state’s Reapportionment Committee failed to meet a statutory September 15, 2021, deadline due to delays in the release of census data.
According to Bloomberg Government's Greg Giroux, the special master's "map moved just 71,736 people into new districts—the minimum number necessary to achieve population equality—and shifted the lines in only four municipalities, all of which are already divided between two districts."[13]Giroux also wrote, "Republicans sought more significant changes to the current map, which Persily drew last decade and under which Democrats won all five districts every two years."[13] Mark Pazniokas of The Connecticut Mirror wrote that in the adopted plan, "Three of the five districts are solidly Democratic, but the 2nd and the 5th are competitive, while leaning Democratic. Republicans have carried those districts in statewide races, including the 2018 gubernatorial election."[14]
How does redistricting in Connecticut work? In Connecticut, the state legislature is primarily responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. Maps must be approved by a two-thirds vote in each chamber. If the state legislature is unable to approve new maps, a backup commission is convened to draw congressional and state legislative district boundaries. The commission consists of nine members. The four legislative leaders (i.e., the majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the legislature) appoint two members each. The ninth member is selected by the eight previously selected commissioners.[15][16]
The Connecticut Constitution requires that all districts, whether congressional or state legislative, be contiguous. In addition, state House districts must "not divide towns except where necessary to comply with other legal requirements."[17]
Connecticut District 4
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2010-2011
In 2011, the Connecticut State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Connecticut's 4th the 111th most Democratic district nationally.[18]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 64.8%-33.8%.[19]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Connecticut's 4th the 109th most Democratic district nationally.[20]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 64.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 33.8%.[21]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Connecticut's 4th Congressional District the 146th most Democratic nationally.[22]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.98. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.98 points toward that party.[23]
See also
- Redistricting in Connecticut
- Connecticut's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
- Connecticut's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
- Connecticut's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
- Connecticut's 4th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The CT Mirror, "Clay Cope wins landslide in 5th, Daria Novak a squeaker in 2nd," May 9, 2016
- ↑ The CT Mirror, "CT GOP backs Carter for Senate, denies Wolf primary margin," May 9, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Connecticut House 04 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Connecticut," November 6, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Bloomberg Government, "Connecticut U.S. House Map Favoring Democrats OK’d by Top Court," February 10, 2022
- ↑ Supreme Court, State of Connecticut, "In Re Petition of Reapportionment Commission ex rel.," February 10, 2022
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Bloomberg Government, "Connecticut U.S. House Map Favoring Democrats OK’d by Top Court," February 10, 2022
- ↑ The Connecticut Mirror, "CT court’s reapportionment verdict: The ‘lobster claw’ survives," February 11, 2022
- ↑ All About Redistricting, "Connecticut," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ Connecticut Constitution, "Article XXVI, Section 2.b," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ All About Redistricting, "Who draws the lines?" accessed March 25, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018