Recent Elections
| Connecticut's 5th Congressional District Election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Chris Murphy | 117,186 | 53.80 | +15.63 | |
| Republican | Nancy Johnson (inc.) | 94,824 | 43.54 | -16.25 | |
| Working Families | Chris Murphy | 5,794 | 2.66 | +1.52 | |
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 217,804 | ||||
| Connecticut's 5th Congressional District Election, 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Chris Murphy (inc.) | 161,178 | 53.25 | -0.55 | |
| Republican | David Cappiello | 117,914 | 38.96 | -4.58 | |
| Working Families | Chris Murphy (inc.) | 18,149 | 6.00 | +3.34 | |
| Independent | Thomas Winn | 3,082 | 1.02 | ||
| Green | Harold Burbank | 2,324 | 0.77 | ||
| Independent | Walter Gengarelly (Write-In) | 10 | 0.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 302,657 | ||||
| Connecticut's 5th Congressional District Election, 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Chris Murphy (inc.) | 118,231 | 52.01 | -1.24 | |
| Republican | Sam Caligiuri | 102,092 | 44.91 | +5.95 | |
| Working Families | Chris Murphy (inc.) | 4,648 | 2.04 | -3.96 | |
| Independent | Sam Caligiuri | 2,310 | 1.02 | +0.00 | |
| Independent | John Pistone (Write-In) | 20 | 0.01 | ||
| Independent | Elmon Smith (Write-In) | 2 | 0.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 227,303 | ||||
| Connecticut's 5th Congressional District Election, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Esty | 137,631 | 48.34 | -3.67 | |
| Republican | Andrew Roraback | 128,927 | 45.28 | +0.37 | |
| Working Families | Elizabeth Esty | 8,467 | 2.97 | +0.93 | |
| Independent | Andrew Roraback | 9,710 | 3.41 | +2.39 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 284,735 | ||||
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