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United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2012
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 Connecticut's 2012 elections: • U.S. Senate • U.S. House • State Senate • State House |
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The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run is June 12, 2012. The primary elections will be held on August 14, 2012.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 6 election, the Democratic Party holds all five of the Congressional seats from Connecticut.
| Members of the U.S. House from Connecticut -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of May 2012 | After the 2012 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 5 | Pending | |
| Republican Party | 0 | Pending | |
| Total | 5 | 5 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the 5 congressional districts are:
| Name: | Party: | District: |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher S. Murphy |  Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 5 |
| James A. Himes | Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 4 |
| Joe Courtney | Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 2 |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 1 |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 3 |
Candidates
1st Congressional District
Democratic Primary
- John B. Larson: Incumbent
Republican Primary
- Mike McDonald: Member of the Windsor Town Council [1]
2nd Congressional District
Democratic Primary
- Joe Courtney: Incumbent
Republican Primary
- Daria Novak: Business consultant and former State Department employee[2]
- Christopher Coutu: State representative[3]
Third party candidates
3rd Congressional District
Democratic Primary
- Rosa L. DeLauro: Incumbent
Republican Primary
- Wayne Winsley: Motivational Speaker[5]
4th Congressional District
Democratic Primary
- Jim Himes: Incumbent
Republican Primary
- Chris Meek: Founder of START Now!, a non-profit organization[6]
- Steve Obsitnik: Chair and chief executive of Quintel Technology[7]
- David Orner: An Executive with CIT Group [8]
5th Congressional District
Democratic Primary
- Chris Donovan: Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives[9]
- Elizabeth Esty: Former Connecticut state representative[10]
- Dan Roberti: Public Relations Firm [11]
Republican Primary
- Justin Bernier: A member of former Governor Jodi Rell's cabinet [12]
- Mike Clark: Chair of the Farmington Town Council and a former FBI agent [13]
- Mark Greenberg: Businessman [14]
- Andrew Roraback: Connecticut State Senate [15]
- Lisa Wilson-Foley: Businesswoman [16]
Third party candidates
- John Pistone: Independent write-in candidate. [17]
See also
References
- ↑ Windsor Patch "McDonald to Run for Congress" Accessed February 13, 2012
- ↑ Norwich Bulletin "Republican declares 2nd run for Congress" Accessed December 1, 2011
- ↑ Capitol Watch "Chris Coutu makes it official: He's running for Congress in CT-2" Accessed February 13, 2012
- ↑ Norwich Bulletin "Republican declares 2nd run for Congress" Accessed December 1, 2011
- ↑ Republican American "Motivational speaker from Naugatuck to take on DeLauro " Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ Hartford Courant "Republican Chris Meek Formally Announces His Run for Congress in CT-4" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ CT Post.com "Westport businessman running for Congress" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ CT Post.com "Himes faces growing field of challengers" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ NBC Connecticut "Donovan Running for Congress" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ Litchfield County Times "Wife of DEP Commissioner May Get in Fifth District Race (WEB FIRST)" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ Litchfield County Times "Kent Democrat Dan Roberti Entering 5th District Race (WEB FIRST)" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ NewsTimes.com "Bernier announces he'll run in 5th District" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ NBC Connecticut "Former FBI Agent Running for Congress" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ Litchfield County Times "Kent Democrat Dan Roberti Entering 5th District Race (WEB FIRST)" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ The Register Citizen "Roraback officially in the running for 5th District seat (Updated with video)" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ The Register Citizen "Fifth Congressional District GOP candidates bat around the issues at meeting" Accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ NewsTimes.com "Roraback to announce plans Thursday" Accessed December 2, 2011
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