United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2010
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The 2010 United States House of Representatives
elections in Connecticut
took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the five Congressional representatives from the state, one from each of the state's five Congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including governor
, U.S. Senate
, and state legislature
races.
The incumbent state Congressional delegation, elected in 2008
, consisted of five Democratic
representatives. All were re-elected in the 2010 elections.
Primary elections were necessary to select Republican
candidates in all districts except the Third, while no Democratic candidates faced primary challenges. The GOP primaries took place on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.
† Includes 33,036 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed the Democratic candidate in each of the five districts.
‡ Includes 2,310 votes received by Republican Sam Caliguiri on the independent
line in the Fifth District.
, Green Party candidate Kenneth J. Krayeske, and Socialist Action candidate Christopher J. Hutchinson.
was challenged by Republican Janet Peckinpaugh
, a former NBC Connecticut
anchorwoman. Also running was Green Party candidate Scott Deshefy. Courtney was also cross-endorsed by the Connecticut Working Families Party.
treasurer Jerry Labriola Jr. and Green Party nominee Charles Pillsbury
.
was challenged by Republican State Senator Dan Debicella
.
was challenged by Republican State Senator Sam Caligiuri
.
† Internal poll commissioned for Murphy campaign
line and received 2,310 votes on it. His independent and Republican votes have been aggregated together on this table.
Official campaign sites
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
elections in Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the five Congressional representatives from the state, one from each of the state's five Congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including governor
Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2010
The 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010 to elect the 73rd Governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Governor M. Jodi Rell had announced in a press conference in Hartford on November 9, 2009, that she would not seek re-election in 2010...
, U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010
The 2010 United States Senate election in Connecticut was a midterm election which took place on November 2, 2010 to decide a Class III Senator from the State of Connecticut to join the 112th United States Congress. Incumbent Democratic U.S...
, and state legislature
Connecticut General Assembly
The Connecticut General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate. It meets in the state capital, Hartford. There are no term limits for either chamber.During...
races.
The incumbent state Congressional delegation, elected in 2008
United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2008
The 2008 congressional elections in Connecticut were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election...
, consisted of five Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
representatives. All were re-elected in the 2010 elections.
Primary elections were necessary to select 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...
candidates in all districts except the Third, while no Democratic candidates faced primary challenges. The GOP primaries took place on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.
Overview
The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States House of Representatives in Connecticut. In addition, the voter turnout and the number of votes not valid will be listed below.| United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | ||
| Democratic | 667,983 † | 58.69% | 5 | ||
| Republican Connecticut Republican Party The Connecticut Republican Party is the Connecticut affiliate of the U.S. Republican Party. Jerry Labriola Jr., a Wallingford attorney and 2010 candidate for Congress, is the party chairman, elected on June 28, 2011. Prior to his election as chairman, Labriola served as the party's... |
460,286 ‡ | 40.44% | 0 | ||
| Green Green Party (United States) The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties... |
8,892 | 0.78% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Action | 955 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
| Write-in candidates Write-in candidate A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name. Some states and local jurisdictions allow a voter to affix a sticker with a write-in candidate's name on it to the ballot in lieu... |
86 | <0.01% | 0 | ||
| Total | 1,138,202 | 100% | 5 | ||
† Includes 33,036 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed the Democratic candidate in each of the five districts.
‡ Includes 2,310 votes received by Republican Sam Caliguiri on the independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
line in the Fifth District.
District 1
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John B. Larson was challenged by Republican Ann BrickleyAnn Brickley
Ann Brickley was a 2010 candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut's First District. Brickley owns and operates Sage & Swift, a business consulting firm.-Early life, education and career:...
, Green Party candidate Kenneth J. Krayeske, and Socialist Action candidate Christopher J. Hutchinson.
- Race ranking and details from CQ PoliticsCongressional QuarterlyCongressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Race profile at The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Polling
October polls conducted by the website CT Capitol Report showed Larson leading Brickley by seven- and 18-point margins.| Poll source | Dates administered | John Larson (D) | Ann Brickley (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 24–26, 2010 | 55.8% | 38.3% |
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 3–5, 2010 | 51.8% | 44.7% |
Results
Note: Larson also appeared on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party and received 7,902 votes on it. His Working Families and Democratic votes have been aggregated together on this table.District 2
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Joe CourtneyJoe Courtney (politician)
Joseph Courtney is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:Courtney grew up in suburban Hartford and became a 1975 graduate of Tufts University...
was challenged by Republican Janet Peckinpaugh
Janet Peckinpaugh
Janet Peckinpaugh is an American television anchor, reporter, business owner, and two-time political candidate in Connecticut.-Personal life:...
, a former NBC Connecticut
WVIT
WVIT, virtual channel 30, is the NBC owned and operated television station for the state of Connecticut, licensed to New Britain. WVIT has its offices and studios located in West Hartford, and transmitter based in Farmington, Connecticut....
anchorwoman. Also running was Green Party candidate Scott Deshefy. Courtney was also cross-endorsed by the Connecticut Working Families Party.
- Race ranking and details from CQ PoliticsCongressional QuarterlyCongressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Race profile at The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Polling
October polls conducted by the website CT Capitol Report had shown Courtney leading Peckinpaugh by 14- and 19-point margins.| Poll source | Dates administered | Joe Courtney (D) | Janet Peckinpaugh (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 24–26, 2010 | 57.2% | 38% |
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 3–5, 2010 | 55.0 | 41.3% |
Results
Note: Courtney also appeared on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party and received 6,860 votes on it. His Working Families and Democratic votes have been aggregated together on this table.District 3
Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro was challenged by Connecticut Republican PartyConnecticut Republican Party
The Connecticut Republican Party is the Connecticut affiliate of the U.S. Republican Party. Jerry Labriola Jr., a Wallingford attorney and 2010 candidate for Congress, is the party chairman, elected on June 28, 2011. Prior to his election as chairman, Labriola served as the party's...
treasurer Jerry Labriola Jr. and Green Party nominee Charles Pillsbury
Charles Pillsbury
Charles A. Pillsbury is a mediator, lawyer, and community activist in New Haven, Connecticut, where he is the executive director of Community Mediation, Inc. He is the great-grandson of Charles Alfred Pillsbury, founder of the Pillsbury Company in 1872...
.
- Race ranking and details from CQ PoliticsCongressional QuarterlyCongressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Race profile at The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Polling
October polls conducted by the website CT Capitol Report had shown DeLauro leading Labriola by the largest margins of any of the state's five congressional districts.| Poll source | Dates administered | Rosa DeLauro (D) | Jerry Labriola (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 24–26, 2010 | 56% | 37.9% |
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 3–5, 2010 | 58.1% | 36.5% |
Results
Note: DeLauro also appeared on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party and received 9,021 votes on it. Her Working Families and Democratic votes have been aggregated together on this table.District 4
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim HimesJim Himes
James A. "Jim" Himes is an American businessman and U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
was challenged by Republican State Senator Dan Debicella
Dan Debicella
-External links:** at Connecticut Senate Republicans* at OpenSecrets.org...
.
- Race ranking and details from CQ PoliticsCongressional QuarterlyCongressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Race profile at The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Polling
October polling had shown this race to have essentially been a toss up.| Poll source | Dates administered | Jim Himes (D) | Dan Debicella (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 24–26, 2010 | 46.1% | 48% |
| National Research | October 17–18, 2010 | 42% | 46% |
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 3–5, 2010 | 49.4% | 47.2% |
| National Research | September 27–28, 2010 | 42% | 42% |
| National Research | August 17–18, 2010 | 42% | 38% |
| American Action Forum | July 28-Aug. 1, 2010 | 46% | 42% |
Results
Note: Himes also appeared on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party and received 4,605 votes on it. His Working Families and Democratic votes have been aggregated together on this table.District 5
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Chris MurphyChris Murphy (politician)
Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy is the U. S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.Murphy previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut Senate....
was challenged by Republican State Senator Sam Caligiuri
Sam Caligiuri
Sam S. F. Caligiuri is a lawyer and former Connecticut State Senator. In 2010, he ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, but switched for a House seat in Connecticut's 5th congressional district...
.
- Race ranking and details from CQ PoliticsCongressional QuarterlyCongressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Race profile at The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Polling
The last polling in this district before the election, as conducted by the website CT Capitol Report, had essentially indicated this race was a toss up.| Poll source | Dates administered | Chris Murphy (D) | Sam Caligiuri (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 28-31, 2010 | 43.8% | 51.5% |
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 24–26, 2010 | 45.5% | 46.9% |
| Gotham Research Group † | October 4–6, 2010 | 48% | 34% |
| CT Capitol Report/Merriman River Group | October 3–5, 2010 | 44.3% | 49.7% |
| Gotham Research Group † | September 19-21, 2010 | 50% | 37% |
| National Research | August 30–31, 2010 | 40% | 39% |
† Internal poll commissioned for Murphy campaign
Results
Note: Murphy also appeared on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party and received 4,648 votes on it. His Working Families and Democratic votes have been aggregated together on this table. Caligiuri also appeared on the independentIndependent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
line and received 2,310 votes on it. His independent and Republican votes have been aggregated together on this table.
External links
- Elections & Voting from the Connecticut Secretary of State
- U.S. Congress candidates for Connecticut at Project Vote SmartProject Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
- Connecticut U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Connecticut from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- 2010 Connecticut General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- House - Connecticut from the Cook Political ReportCook Political ReportThe Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan online newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, Governor's offices and the American Presidency. The Cook Political Report is led by a staff of five...
Official campaign sites
- Ann Brickley for Congress (R-1)
- Sam Caligiuri for Congress (R-5)
- Joe Courtney for Congress (D-2)
- Dan Debicella for Congress (R-4)
- Rosa DeLauro for Congress (D-3)
- Jim Himes for Congress (D-4)
- Jerry Labriola for Congress (R-3)
- John Larson for Congress (D-1)
- Chris Murphy for Congress (D-5)
- Janet Peckinpaugh for Congress (R-2)