PERSON: Elizabeth Esty

U.S. House of Representatives

Representative for Connecticut’s 5th congressional district

Elizabeth Henderson Esty (born August 25, 1959) is the U.S. Representative for Connecticut’s 5th congressional district, having been elected on November 6, 2012, and re-elected both in 2014 and 2016. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously she was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing the 103rd Assembly District, which consisted of Cheshire and parts of Hamden and Wallingford. She also served two terms on the Cheshire Town Council. The 5th congressional district spans central and northwest Connecticut, including Waterbury, Danbury, New Britain, Meriden, Torrington, Litchfield County, the Farmington Valley, Newtown, and Esty’s hometown of Cheshire.

Esty defeated two challengers in the August 14, 2012, Democratic primary to become the Democratic nominee in Connecticut’s 5th congressional district, and on November 6, 2012, she defeated challenger Andrew Roraback. Esty defeated Mark Greenberg on November 4, 2014, in the state’s most competitive district to win her first re-election.[1] On November 8, 2016, Esty defeated Sherman First Selectman Clay Cope by a margin of 58–42% to win re-election a second time.

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