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2017 Connecticut House of Representatives special elections, District 115 [2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Dorinda Keenan Borer: 1,973 : 64.4 : Republican: Edward Granfield 1,093 35.6 Total votes 3,066 : 100.00 : Democratic hold
Connecticut's 10th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State Senate. It consists of the cities of New Haven and West Haven . It is currently represented by Democrat Gary Winfield , who has been serving since 2014.
Connecticut's 117th House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It encompasses parts of Milford , Orange , and West Haven . It has been represented by Republican Charles Ferraro since 2015.
Dorinda Keenan Borer is an American businesswoman and mayor of West Haven, Connecticut since 2023. Borer is a former member of the West Haven Board of Education and served as a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing District 115.
West Haven has 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of publicly accessible beaches, which is one-quarter of the publicly accessible beaches in Connecticut. The hilly Allingtown district of the city is home to the University of New Haven. West Haven is located in the south-central portion of Connecticut's 3rd congressional district.
The House of Representatives has its basis in the earliest incarnation of the General Assembly, the "General Corte" established in 1636 whose membership was divided between six generally elected magistrates (the predecessor of the Connecticut Senate) and three-member "committees" representing each of the three towns of the Connecticut Colony (Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor).
The 3rd congressional district has existed since 1837, having been organized from the at-large congressional district. It is centered on New Haven and its suburbs. The district comprises four-fifths of New Haven County, a small portion of Middlesex County, including most of Middletown, and most of Stratford and a small section of Shelton in Fairfield County.
In January 2008, the RWA purchased the former Ansonia division of Birmingham Utilities, [3] which added Ansonia, Derby, and Seymour to its service area, which also includes the towns of Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, East Haven, Hamden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, West Haven and Woodbridge.