The One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Assembly District of Connecticut elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives

Connecticut House of Representatives

The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents...

. Its current representative is John T. Shaban. Before 2002, the district contained the towns of Easton

Easton, Connecticut

Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,490 at the 2010 census. Easton contains the historic district of Aspetuck....

, Redding

Redding, Connecticut

Mark Twain, a resident of the town in his old age, contributed the first books for a public library which was eventually named after him.-Government:...

 and parts of Newtown

Newtown, Connecticut

Newtown is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 27,560 at the 2010 census. Newtown was founded in 1705 and incorporated in 1711.-Government:...

 and Weston

Weston, Connecticut

Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The population was 10,179 at the 2010 census. The town is served by Route 57 and Route 53, both of which run through the town center. About 19% of the town's workforce commutes to New York City, about to the southwest.Like many towns in...

; 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 is one of the safest Republican seats in the House due to the lack of Democratic opposition, but former gubernatorial candidate Nancy Burton of the Green Party has run for the seat, making it the Green Party's strongest district in the state.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
John Stripp	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	1993 – 2011	Weston Weston, Connecticut Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The population was 10,179 at the 2010 census. The town is served by Route 57 and Route 53, both of which run through the town center. About 19% of the town's workforce commutes to New York City, about to the southwest.Like many towns in...	Did not seek reelection
John T. Shaban	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	2011 – present	Redding Redding, Connecticut Mark Twain, a resident of the town in his old age, contributed the first books for a public library which was eventually named after him.-Government:...	Incumbent

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