Connecticut's 4th congressional district

Connecticut's 4th congressional district
Connecticut's 4th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Jim Himes; D–Cos Cob
Area	539 sq mi (1,400 km2)
Distribution	95.76% urban; 4.24% rural;
Population (2023)	721,814
Median household; income	$117,299
Ethnicity	56.9% White; 21.6% Hispanic; 11.4% Black; 5.5% Asian; 3.5% Two or more races; 1.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+13

Connecticut's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in the panhandle, the district is largely suburban and extends from Bridgeport, the largest city in the state, to Greenwich – an area largely coextensive with the Connecticut side of the New York metropolitan area. The district also extends inland, toward Danbury and toward the Lower Naugatuck Valley.

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The district is currently represented by Democrat Jim Himes. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+13, it is the most Democratic district in Connecticut, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.^[2] It is also the wealthiest district in the state of Connecticut.^[3]

Historically, the 4th was a classic "Yankee Republican" district. However, it has not supported a Republican for president since 1988, and has swung increasingly Democratic at the national level since the 1990s. This culminated in 2020, when Joe Biden won it with 64 percent of the vote, his best showing in the state.

However, even as the district swung increasingly Democratic at the national level, Republicans usually held this district without serious difficulty until the turn of the millennium. In 2004, however, Democrat Diane Farrell held longtime incumbent Chris Shays to only 52 percent of the vote, the closest race in the district in 30 years. Shays fended off an equally spirited challenge from Farrell in 2006 before losing to Himes in 2008. Himes has held the seat ever since.

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Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 30, 2012^[5]
Party		Active	Inactive	Total	Percentage
	Democratic	141,355	9,427	150,782	36.17%
	Republican	98,663	5,106	103,769	24.89%
	Minor Parties	3,737	312	4,049	0.97%
	Unaffiliated	146,218	12,043	158,261	37.97%
Total		389,973	26,888	416,861	100.00%

Year	Office	Results^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
2008	President	Obama 60% - 39%
2010	Senate	Blumenthal 52% - 47%
2010	Governor	Malloy 50% - 49%
2012	President	Obama 56% - 44%
2012	Senate	Murphy 54% - 46%
2014	Governor	Malloy 50% - 49%
2016	President	Clinton 60% - 36%
2016	Senate	Blumenthal 62% - 36%
2018	Senate	Murphy 63% - 36%
	Governor	Lamont 54% - 44%
	Attorney General	Tong 58% - 42%
2020	President	Biden 65% - 34%
2022	Senate	Blumenthal 61% - 39%
	Governor	Lamont 60% - 39%
	Attorney General	Tong 59% - 40%
	Secretary of the State	Thomas 58% - 40%
	Treasurer	Russell 53% - 45%
	Comptroller	Scanlon 57% - 43%
2024	President	Harris 61% - 38%
2024	Senate	Murphy 62% - 37%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays	50,518	57%
	Democratic	Christine Niedermeier	37,293	42%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			87,811	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	147,843	72%
	Democratic	Roger J. Pearson	55,751	27%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			203,594	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	105,682	77%
	Democratic	Al Smith	32,352	23%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			138,034	100%

Connecticut's 4th congressional district

Composition

Voter registration

Recent election results from statewide races

Recent elections

1987 (special)

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

List of members representing the district

See also

References

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Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 1994: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	109,436	74%
	Democratic	Jonathan Kantrowitz	34,962	24%
	Libertarian	Irving Sussman	1,976	1%
	Natural Law	Terry M. Nevas	688	0.47%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			147,062	100%

Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 2000: Connecticut District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Shays (incumbent)	119,155	58%
	Democratic	Stephanie Sanchez	84,472	41%
	Libertarian	Daniel Gislao	2,034	1%
	Independent	Frank M. Don	1,097	0.53%
	Republican hold		Swing
Turnout			206,758	100%

Connecticut 4th Congressional District Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Himes (incumbent)	200,791	61.1%	+1.7
	Republican	Michael Goldstein	122,793	37.3%	−3.3
	Independent	Benjamin Wesley	5,273	1.6%
Turnout			328,857	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing

Member (Residence)	Party	Years of service	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1837
Thomas T. Whittlesey (Danbury)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1837. Lost re-election.
Thomas B. Osborne (Fairfield)	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1840. Retired.
Samuel Simons (Bridgeport)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.
Truman Smith (Litchfield)	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Thomas B. Butler (Norwalk)	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. Lost re-election.
Origen S. Seymour (Litchfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Retired to become judge of the Connecticut Superior Court.
William W. Welch (Norfolk)	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. Retired.
William D. Bishop (Bridgeport)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1857. Lost re-election.
Orris S. Ferry (Norwalk)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1859. Lost re-election.
George C. Woodruff (Litchfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1861. Lost re-election.
John Henry Hubbard (Litchfield)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Lost re-election.
William Henry Barnum (Lime Rock)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – May 18, 1876	40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th	Elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1869. Re-elected in 1871. Re-elected in 1873. Re-elected in 1875. Resigned when elected U.S. senator.
Vacant		May 18, 1876 – December 4, 1876	44th
Levi Warner (Norwalk)	Democratic	December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected to finish Barnum's term. Also elected to the next term in 1876. Retired.
Frederick Miles (Chapinville)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired.
Edward Woodruff Seymour (Litchfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
Miles T. Granger (Canaan)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Retired.
Frederick Miles (Chapinville)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
Robert E. De Forest (Bridgeport)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
Ebenezer J. Hill (Norwalk)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	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. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election.
Jeremiah Donovan (South Norwalk)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
Ebenezer J. Hill (Norwalk)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – September 27, 1917	64th 65th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Died.
Vacant		September 27, 1917 – November 6, 1917	65th
Schuyler Merritt (Stamford)	Republican	November 6, 1917 – March 3, 1931	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected to finish Hill's term. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
William L. Tierney (Greenwich)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Schuyler Merritt (Stamford)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election.
Alfred N. Phillips (Stamford)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Albert E. Austin (Old Greenwich)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
Le Roy D. Downs (South Norwalk)	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	Elected in 1940. Lost re-election.
Clare Boothe Luce (Greenwich)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947	78th 79th	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired.
John Davis Lodge (Westport)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951	80th 81st	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Retired to run for Governor of Connecticut.
Albert P. Morano (Greenwich)	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959	82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election.
Donald J. Irwin (Norwalk)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Elected in 1958. Lost re-election.
Abner W. Sibal (Norwalk)	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Donald J. Irwin (Norwalk)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969	89th 90th	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Lost re-election.
Lowell Weicker (Greenwich)	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971	91st	Elected in 1968. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Stewart McKinney (Westport)	Republican	January 3, 1971 – May 7, 1987	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Died.
Vacant		May 7, 1987 – August 18, 1987	100th
Christopher Shays (Bridgeport)	Republican	August 18, 1987 – January 3, 2009	100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected to finish McKinney's term. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Lost re-election.