Connecticut's 61st House of Representatives district
The sixty-first Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the
Democrat Elaine O'Brien who died while in office. The district consists of the entire towns of Suffield and East Granby, along with part of Windsor
north of the Farmington River.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ruth Fahrbach | Republican | 1981 – 2009 | Windsor | Did not seek reelection |
Matthew Conway, Jr. | Democratic | 2009 – 2011 | Suffield | Did not seek reelection |
Elaine O'Brien | Democratic | 2011 – 2014 | Suffield | Died in office |
Tami Zawistowski | Republican | 2014 – present | East Granby | Incumbent; won special election to replace O'Brien |
Recent elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Lauren K. Life | 5,629 | 47.2 | -4.2 | |
Democratic
|
Matthew J. Conway, Jr. | 5,556 | 46.6 | +0.0 | |
Working Families | Matthew J. Conway, Jr. | 749 | 6.3 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 676 | 5.7 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 11,934 | ||||
Republican
|
Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Ruth Fahrbach | 4,273 | 51.4 | -40.0 | |
Democratic
|
Derek E. Donnelly | 3,872 | 46.6 | +46.6 | |
Working Families | Derek E. Donnelly | 172 | 2.1 | -6.5 | |
Majority | 229 | 2.8 | -80.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,317 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing | -43.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ruth Fahrbach | 6,660 | 91.4 | -2.4 | |
Working Families | James J. Carone, Sr. | 624 | 8.6 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 6,038 | 82.9 | -4.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,284 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing | -2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ruth Fahrbach | 4,853 | 93.8 | -6.0 | |
Working Families | James J. Carrone, Sr. | 321 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 4,532 | 87.6 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,174 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing | -6.1 |