The Green Papers: Connecticut 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 10 August 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2000 Census:3,409,535 (1.21% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):2,499,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,874,245
Capital:Hartford
Tuesday 10 August 2004 polls close 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 8:00p EST (0100 UTC)
 

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Connecticut State and Local Government

Connecticut 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats   Republicans   Third Parties


Candidates running in Connecticut's Tuesday 10 August 2004 challenge primary may be nominated by Convention or nominated by petition. All Federal and Statewide Democratic and Republican 2004 candidates (including the 2 Democratic Primary candidates in CD2) were nominated by Convention.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 7 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Democrat 857,488 54.31% Senator John Kerry
(7 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Republican 693,826 43.95% President George W. Bush
Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate No Party Designation 12,969 0.82% Ralph Nader
Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo
  Candidate Green 9,564 0.61% David Keith Cobb
Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche
  Candidate Libertarian 3,367 0.21% Michael Badnarik
Vice President: Richard Campagna
  Candidate Concerned Citizens 1,543 0.10% Michael Anthony Peroutka
Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
  Candidate Write-In 12 0.00% Roger Calero
Vice President: Arrin Hawkins
Total 1,578,769 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1   Democrat   Senator Joe Lieberman
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Class 3
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Senator Christopher J. Dodd
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004.
[also served in U.S. House: elected 1974, 1976, 1978]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - Convention
  Elected Democrat 945,347 66.35% Senator Christopher J. Dodd
  Candidate Republican 457,749 32.13% Jack C. Orchulli
  Candidate Concerned Citizens 12,442 0.87% Timothy A. Knibbs
  Candidate Libertarian 9,188 0.64% Leonard H. Rasch
Total 1,424,726 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None, All Governors

    Republican   Governor M. Jodi Rell
succeeded to the Governorship, 1 July 2004, upon the resignation of Governor John Rowland who had announced said resignation on 21 June 2004.
Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
 

Monday 21 June 2004: Connecticut Governor Rowland announces Resignation, effective 1 July; Lt. Governor Jodi Rell to then become State's second woman Governor.
· In a speech only about six minutes long, delivered outside the Governor's Mansion in the State Capital, Hartford, Governor John Rowland (R-Connecticut) announced earlier this evening that he will resign his office, said resignation to take effect at Noon Eastern Time (1600 UTC) on Thursday 1 July, at which time Lieutenant Governor M. Jodi Rell- also a Republican- will be sworn in and officially succeed to the Governorship, becoming only the second woman to hold Connecticut's highest office.
· In his remarks, Rowland gave no reason for his resignation, saying simply that it was now time to take a "new path" in his life, but the combination of recent testimony damaging to Rowland- who has been investigated in relation to gifts made to the Governor by state contractors and state employees- before the Select Committee of Inquiry, set up by the Connecticut House of Representatives to determine if impeachment of the Governor was desirable, as well as last Friday's decision by the State Supreme Court that Rowland was constitutionally required to answer to a subpoena from the Select Committee, is believed to have been a main impetus to the Governor's decision to now step down. Now that the Governor has formally announced his resignation, impeachment by the lower house of the State's General Assembly followed by a trial in the State Senate is a moot point.
· The State's next Governor, 58 year old Jodi Rell, was first elected to her current post of Lieutenant Governor as the second half of the GOP ticket in Rowland's first gubernatorial victory back in 1994. Prior to that, she had served in the State House of Representatives.


Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with- but nominated separately from- the Governor;

    Democrat   Lieutenant Governor Kevin B. Sullivan
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
 State Senate President pro Tempore Sullivan succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor when M. Jodi Rell, first elected Lieutenant Governor in 1994 and re-elected to that post in 1998 and 2002, succeeded to the office of Governor upon the resignation of Governor John Rowland, 1 July 2004

108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democrats (2 Renominated);
3 Republicans (3 Renominated)

CD 1
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Congressman John B. Larson
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - Convention
  Elected Democrat 198,802 72.98% Congressman John B. Larson
  Candidate Republican 73,601 27.02% John M. Halstead
Total 272,403 100.00%  

CD 2
Seat up for election
  Republican   Congressman Rob Simmons
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - Convention
  Elected Republican 166,412 54.19% Congressman Rob Simmons
  Candidate Democrat 140,536 45.77% Jim Sullivan
  Candidate Write-In 130 0.04% David R. Lyon
Total 307,078 100.00%  

CD 3
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Congressman Rosa L. DeLauro
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - Convention
  Elected Democrat 200,638 72.44% Congressman Rosa L. DeLauro
  Candidate Republican 69,160 24.97% Richter Elser
  Candidate Green 7,182 2.59% Ralph Anthony Ferrucci
Total 276,980 100.00%  

CD 4
Seat up for election
  Republican   Congressman Christopher Shays
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 18 August 1987- in Special Election re: death of Congressman Stewart McKinney, 7 May 1987
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - Convention
  Elected Republican 152,493 52.43% Congressman Christopher Shays
  Candidate Democrat 138,333 47.56% Diane Farrell
  Candidate Write-In 4 0.00% Carl E. Vassar
Total 290,830 100.00%  

CD 5
Seat up for election
  Republican   Congressman Nancy L. Johnson
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 1982
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - Convention
  Elected Republican 168,268 59.79% Congressman Nancy L. Johnson
  Candidate Democrat 107,438 38.17% Theresa B. Gerratana
Robert L. Marconi was originally nominated by his party as the candidate for this House seat. He resigned the nomination on 2 August 2004.
  Candidate Working Families 3,196 1.14% Fernando Ramirez
  Candidate Concerned Citizens 2,545 0.90% Wildey J. Moore
Total 281,447 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democrat   Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democrat   Treasurer Denise L. Nappier
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Comptroller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democrat   Comptroller Nancy Wyman
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democrat   Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

2002-2010 Congressional Districts  2002-2010 CDs

CONNECTICUT
Congressional Districts re: Counties (and- in some cases- Minor Civil Divisions)

County orDistrict(s)
Minor Civil Division
  
Fairfield County  
   
Bethel CD 5
Bridgeport CD 4
Brookfield CD 5
Danbury CD 5
Darien CD 4
Easton CD 4
Fairfield CD 4
Greenwich CD 4
Monroe CD 4
New Canaan CD 4
New Fairfield CD 5
Newtown CD 5
Norwalk CD 4
Redding CD 4
Ridgefield CD 4
Shelton CDs 3 & 4
Sherman CD 5
Stamford CD 4
Stratford CD 3
Trumbull CD 4
Weston CD 4
Westport CD 4
Wilton CD 4
   
   
Hartford County  
   
Avon CD 5
Berlin CD 1
Bloomfield CD 1
Bristol CD 1
Burlington CD 5
Canton CD 5
East Granby CD 1
East Hartford CD 1
East Windsor CD 1
Enfield CD 2
Farmington CD 5
Glastonbury CDs 1 & 2
Granby CD 1
Hartford CD 1
Hartland CD 1
Manchester CD 1
Marlborough CD 2
New Britain CD 5
Newington CD 1
Plainville CD 5
Rocky Hill CD 1
Simsbury CD 5
Southington CD 1
South Windsor CD 1
Suffield CD 2
West Hartford CD 1
Wethersfield CD 1
Windsor CD 1
Windsor Locks CD 1
   
   
Litchfield County  
   
Barkhamsted CD 1
Bethlehem CD 5
Bridgewater CD 5
Canaan CD 5
Colebrook CD 1
Cornwall CD 5
Goshen CD 5
Harwinton CD 5
Kent CD 5
Litchfield CD 5
Morris CD 5
New Hartford CD 1
New Milford CD 5
Norfolk CD 5
North Canaan CD 5
Plymouth CD 5
Roxbury CD 5
Salisbury CD 5
Sharon CD 5
Thomaston CD 5
Torrington CDs 1 & 5
Warren CD 5
Washington CD 5
Watertown CD 5
Winchester CD 1
Woodbury CD 5
   
   
Middlesex County  
   
Chester CD 2
Clinton CD 2
Cromwell CD 1
Deep River CD 2
Durham CDs 2 & 3
East Haddam CD 2
East Hampton CD 2
Essex CD 2
Haddam CD 2
Killingworth CD 2
Middlefield CD 3
Middletown CDs 1 & 3
Old Saybrook CD 2
Portland CD 1
Westbrook CD 2
   
   
New Haven County  
   
Ansonia CD 3
Beacon Falls CD 3
Bethany CD 3
Branford CD 3
Cheshire CD 5
Derby CD 3
East Haven CD 3
Guilford CD 3
Hamden CD 3
Madison CD 2
Meriden CD 5
Middlebury CD 5
Milford CD 3
Naugatuck CD 3
New Haven CD 3
North Branford CD 3
North Haven CD 3
Orange CD 3
Oxford CD 4
Prospect CD 3
Seymour CD 3
Southbury CD 5
Wallingford CD 3
Waterbury CDs 3 & 5
West Haven CD 3
Wolcott CD 5
Woodbridge CD 3
   
   
New London County  
   
entire county: CD 2
   
   
Tolland County  
   
entire county: CD 2
   
   
Windham County  
   
entire county: CD 2
   

 


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