Connecticut's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in the eastern part of the state, the district includes all of New London County, Tolland County, and Windham County, along with parts of Hartford, Middlesex, and New Haven counties. Principal cities include Enfield, Norwich, New London, and Groton.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Joe Courtney. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+4, it is one of the least Democratic districts in Connecticut, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.

Composition For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), Connecticut's 2nd district contains all or portions of five planning regions and 64 municipalities.

Capitol Planning Region (15)

Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Enfield, Glastonbury (part; also 1st), Hebron, Mansfield, Marlborough, Somers, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, Willington

Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region (12)

Chester, Clinton, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (16)

All 16 municipalities South Central Connecticut Planning Region (1)

Madison

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (20)

All 20 municipalities

Voter registration Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 31, 2023 Party Active Inactive Total Percentage Democratic 144,072 13,769 157,841 29.85% Republican 115,845 9,243 125,088 23.66% Minor Parties 8,840 948 9,788 1.85% Unaffiliated 211,538 24,486 236,024 44.64% Total 480,295 48,446 528,741 100%

Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 59% - 40%2010 SenateBlumenthal 55% - 43% GovernorFoley 51% - 47%2012 PresidentObama 57% - 43% SenateMurphy 54% - 46%2014 GovernorFoley 50% - 47%2016 PresidentClinton 49% - 45% SenateBlumenthal 61% - 36%2018 SenateMurphy 55% - 44% GovernorStefanowski 49% - 45% Attorney GeneralHatfield 52% - 47%2020 PresidentBiden 55% - 43%2022 SenateBlumenthal 55% - 45% GovernorLamont 53% - 46% Secretary of the StateThomas 53% - 45% TreasurerRussell 50% - 47% ComptrollerScanlon 53% - 47% Attorney GeneralTong 55% - 44%2024 PresidentHarris 53% - 45% SenateMurphy 55% - 43%

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List of members representing the district District organized from Connecticut's at-large congressional district in 1837.

Member Party Years of service Congress Electoral history Location District created March 4, 1837 Samuel Ingham Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1837.Lost re-election. William L. Storrs Whig March 4, 1839 –June, 1840 Elected in 1839.Resigned when appointed Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Vacant June, 1840 –December 7, 1840 William Whiting Boardman Whig December 7, 1840 –March 3, 1843 Elected in special election due to Storrs resignation.Retired. John Stewart Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1843.Lost re-election. Samuel Dickinson Hubbard Whig March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1849 Elected in 1845.Re-elected in 1847.Retired. Walter Booth Free Soil March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1851 Elected in 1849.Lost re-election. Colin M. Ingersoll Democratic March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1851.Re-elected in 1853.Retired. John Woodruff American March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1855.Lost re-election. Samuel Arnold Democratic March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1857.Retired. John Woodruff Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1861 Elected in 1859.Retired. James E. English Democratic March 4, 1861 –March 3, 1865 Elected in 1861.Re-elected in 1863.Retired. Samuel L. Warner Republican March 4, 1865 –March 3, 1867 Elected in 1865.Retired. Julius Hotchkiss Democratic March 4, 1867 –March 3, 1869 Elected in 1867.Retired. Stephen Wright Kellogg Republican March 4, 1869 –March 3, 1875 Elected in 1869.Re-elected in 1871.Re-elected in 1873.Lost re-election. James Phelps Democratic March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1875.Re-elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Retired. Charles Le Moyne Mitchell Democratic March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1887 Elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Retired. Carlos French Democratic March 4, 1887 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1886.Retired. Washington F. Willcox Democratic March 4, 1889 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Retired. James P. Pigott Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Elected in 1892.Lost re-election. Nehemiah D. Sperry Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1911 Elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Retired. Thomas L. Reilly Democratic March 4, 1911 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1910.Redistricted to the . Bryan F. Mahan Democratic March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1915 Elected in 1912.Lost re-election. Richard P. Freeman Republican March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Lost re-election. William L. Higgins Republican March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1937 Elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Lost re-election. William J. Fitzgerald Democratic January 3, 1937 –January 3, 1939 Elected in 1936.Lost re-election. Thomas R. Ball Republican January 3, 1939 –January 3, 1941 Elected in 1938.Lost re-election. William J. Fitzgerald Democratic January 3, 1941 –January 3, 1943 Elected in 1940.Lost re-election. John D. McWilliams Republican January 3, 1943 –January 3, 1945 Elected in 1942.Lost re-election. Chase G. Woodhouse Democratic January 3, 1945 –January 3, 1947 Elected in 1944.Lost re-election. Horace Seely-Brown Jr. Republican January 3, 1947 –January 3, 1949 Elected in 1946.Lost re-election. Chase G. Woodhouse Democratic January 3, 1949 –January 3, 1951 Elected in 1948.Lost re-election. Horace Seely-Brown Jr. Republican January 3, 1951 –January 3, 1959 Elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Lost re-election. Chester Bowles Democratic January 3, 1959 –January 3, 1961 Elected in 1958.Retired when appointed Under Secretary of State Horace Seely-Brown Jr. Republican January 3, 1961 –January 3, 1963 Elected in 1960.Retired after running for US Senate William St. Onge Democratic January 3, 1963 –May 1, 1970 Elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Died. Vacant May 1, 1970 –November 3, 1970 Robert H. Steele Republican November 3, 1970 –January 3, 1975 Elected to finish St. Onge's term.Re- elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Retired after running for Governor of Connecticut. Chris Dodd Democratic January 3, 1975 –January 3, 1981 Elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Retired when elected to the US Senate Sam Gejdenson Democratic January 3, 1981 –January 3, 2001 Elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Lost re-election. Rob Simmons Republican January 3, 2001 –January 3, 2007 Elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Lost re-election. 2003–2013 Joe Courtney Democratic January 3, 2007 –present Elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Re-elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024. 2013–2023 2023–present

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present