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Redistricting Will Shake Up November Elections in East Haven

The state’s redistricting efforts will bring some significant changes to East Haven’s legislative landscape in 2022. The redistricting, which occurs every 10 years following the release of U.S. figures, has portions of East Haven switching House of Representatives districts and has split the town into two State Senate districts.

For House of Representatives, the majority of the town will remain in the 99th Assembly District currently served by Republican Joseph Zullo. The part of town north of Foxon Road now in the 96th Assembly District along with northern New Haven and currently represented by Democrat Roland Lemar will become part of the 86th Assembly District, which also serves North Branford, northern Guilford, and the western portion of Durham. Republican House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora, who served on the Connecticut General Assembly 2021 Redistricting Project responsible for the new district lines, currently serves the 86th District.

Under the 2021 redistricting, East Haven moves from being served solely in Senate District 34 to now including District 12 in its southern neighborhoods south of Route 142 and Proto Drive.

District 34, currently served by Republican Paul Ciccarella, has been modified to now serve all of North Haven (that town currently has a small sliver served by the 11th State Senate District) and the northwestern corner of North Branford and will continue to represent Wallingford and eastern Durham.

District 12, currently served by Democrat Christine Cohen, gained the shore region of East Haven as well as a central portion of Middlefield and lost the northwestern corner of North Branford. It will continue to serve the rest of North Branford as well as Branford, Guilford, Madison, and Killingworth.

While the redistricting also revised U.S. Congressional districts, East Haven remains in the 3rd District served by Democrat Rosa DeLauro.

According to the 2021 Redistricting Project, federal law requires districts to have about equal populations so that everyone’s vote has equal importance (“One person, one vote”). State law requires that Congressional and legislative district lines be redrawn every 10 years. The districts must be based on the federal census and consistent with federal constitutional standards.

In 2021, House districts have on average of 23,880 constituents while Senate districts contain about 100,165 residents.