Connecticut November 2000 General Election

The Green Papers: General Election 2000

Connecticut
Primary: Tuesday, September 12, 2000

2000 Electoral Votes:	8	(1.49% of 538)
Governor:	1	(Term Limit: None; 4-year term)
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:	6	(1.38% of 435)
1990 Census:	3,287,116	(1.32% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):	1,806,750
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):	2,464,000
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 8 PM EST (0100 UTC)

Candidates seeking office
Concerned Citizens:	1
Democrat:	8
Green:	2
Libertarian:	3
Reform:	1
Republican:	8
"Write-In":	6

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President Electoral votes: 8, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 1,459,525; List of States: Short, Long

		Republican	561,094	38.44%	Governor George W. Bush
		Democrat	816,015	55.91%	Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr. (8 Electoral Votes)
		Concerned Citizens	9,695	0.66%	Howard Phillips
		Green	64,452	4.42%	Ralph Nader
		Reform	4,731	0.32%	Pat Buchanan
		Libertarian	3,484	0.24%	Harry Browne
		"Write-In"	40	0.00%	John Hagelin JOHN HAGELIN's running mate is NAT GOLDHABER. Running under the banner of the Natural Law Party.
		"Write-In"	4	0.00%	James E. Harris, Jr. JAMES E HARRIS's running mate is MARGARET TROWE. Running under the banner of the Socialist Workers Party.
		"Write-In"	3	0.00%	Keith Sherman Huber KEITH SHERMAN HUBER's running mate is DAVID JOHN FIORILLO.
		"Write-In"	1	0.00%	Sylvester J. Pettway SYLVESTER J. PETTWAY's running mate is MAUDERY COLLINS.
		"Write-In"	4	0.00%	David Reicher DAVID REICHER's running mate is EDWARD WRINN.
		"Write-In"	2	0.00%	Gloria Dawn Strickland GLORIA DAWN STRICKLAND's running mate is SHARON MARTH.

Governor Term limit: None; 4-year term, Current Governors

		Republican			John G. Rowland First elected 1994; re-elected:: 1998 Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Senate 6-year term, Current Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democrat			Joe Lieberman First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000 Renominated - by Convention
		Republican			Phil Giordano NOMINATED BY STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: no Primary necessary
		Democrat			Senator Joe Lieberman NOMINATED BY STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION (prior to his being chosen as Vice-President Al Gore's running mate in the upcoming 2000 Presidential Election): no Primary necessary
		Libertarian			Wildey Moore
	Senator Lieberman is running for two offices in the 7 November 2000 General Election: for Vice-President of the United States on a ticket with Democrat presidential candidate Albert A. Gore, Jr. and for re-election to the Class 1 seat in the U.S. Senate from Connecticut; this is permissible, as Lieberman was renominated for the Senate at the Connecticut State Democratic Convention held prior to his nomination for Vice-President at the 43rd Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.

Class 3		Democrat			Christopher J. Dodd First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998 Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

House of Representatives 2 year term, Current House
4 Democrats 2 Republicans

CD 1		Democrat			John B. Larson Renominated - by Convention
		Republican			Bob Backlund NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: no Primary necessary
		Democrat			Congressman John B. Larson NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: no Primary necessary

CD 2		Democrat			Sam Gejdenson Renominated - by Convention
		Democrat			Congressman Sam Gejdenson NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: no Primary necessary
		Republican			Rob Simmons NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: no Primary necessary

CD 3		Democrat			Rosa L. DeLauro Renominated - by Convention
		Democrat			Congressman Rosa L. DeLauro NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: no Primary necessary
		Republican			June Gold NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: no Primary necessary

CD 4		Republican			Christopher Shays Renominated - by Convention
		Libertarian			Dan Gislao
		Democrat			Stephanie Sanchez NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: no Primary necessary.
		Republican			Congressman Christopher Shays NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: no Primary necessary

CD 5		Democrat			Jim Maloney Renominated - by Convention
		Democrat			Congressman Jim Maloney NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: no Primary necessary
		Republican			Mark Nielsen NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: no Primary necessary

CD 6		Republican			Nancy L. Johnson Renominated - by Convention
		Green			Audrey Cole
		Republican			Congressman Nancy L. Johnson NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: no Primary necessary
		Democrat			Paul Valenti NOMINATED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: no Primary necessary


Nomination Notes

Connecticut has a "challenge primary" system where candidates are nominated by a Convention. If a challenger to the leading contender receives at least 20 percent of the vote on the floor of the Convention then a Primary is required.


Congressional District

Connecticut has 8 Counties and 6 Congressional Districts: 3 counties are wholly within a congressional district; 5 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

In the State of Connecticut, unlike its 5 sister New England states, a Municipality (whether a City or a Borough) which is coterminous with a Town does not mean the eradication of that Municipality's status as a Town. Every part of Connecticut, therefore, is legally under some form of Town government, even where a Municipality has long been incorporated; accordingly, any such coterminous Cities (along with the one Borough where this term also applies- that being Naugatuck in New Haven County) are referred to only as Towns in the listing below:

CD # 1 includes:

in Hartford County: the Towns of Berlin, Bloomfield, East Hartford, East Windsor, Glastonbury, Hartford, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, South Windsor, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor;
in Middlesex County: the Towns of Cromwell, East Hampton and Portland;
in Tolland County: the Towns of Andover and Hebron.

most of the Town of Bolton (Tolland County) is in CD 1 but a small portion lies in CD 2.

CD # 2 includes:

in Middlesex County: the Towns of Chester, Deep River, East Haddam, Essex, Haddam, Middletown, Old Saybrook and Westbrook;
the entirety of New London County;
in Tolland County: the Towns of Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Mansfield, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon and Willington;
the entirety of Windham County.

CD # 3 includes:

in Fairfield County: the Town of Stratford;
in Middlesex County: the Towns of Clinton, Durham, Killingworth and Middlefield;
in New Haven County: the Towns of Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford and West Haven.

most of the Town of Woodbridge (New Haven County) is in CD 3 but a small portion lies in CD 5.

CD # 4 is wholly within Fairfield County and includes the Towns of

Bridgeport, Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Trumbull and Westport.

the Town of Monroe (Fairfield County) is split between CDs 4 and 5.

CD # 5 includes:

in Fairfield County: the Towns of Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Easton, New Fairfield, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, Wilton;
in New Haven County: the Towns of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Cheshire, Derby, Meriden, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Seymour, Waterbury and Wolcott.

the Town of Southbury (New Haven County) is split between CDs 5 and 6.

CD # 6 includes:

in Fairfield County: the Town of Sherman;
in Hartford County: the Towns of Avon, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, Enfield, Farmington, Granby, Hartland, New Britain, Plainville, Simsbury, Southington, Suffield and Windsor Locks;
the entirety of Litchfield County.