Connecticut's 5th congressional district

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Connecticut's 5th congressional district is a U.S. House district in western and central Connecticut that includes cities such as Waterbury and New Britain and is represented by one member in the United States Congress.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
containsCity Danbury, Connecticut ⓘ
Meriden, Connecticut ⓘ
New Britain, Connecticut ⓘ
Torrington, Connecticut ⓘ
Waterbury, Connecticut ⓘ
containsTown Bristol, Connecticut ⓘ
Cheshire, Connecticut ⓘ
New Milford, Connecticut ⓘ
Southington, Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Southington
country United States of America ⓘ
currentRepresentative Jahana Hayes ⓘ
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
electorateType single-member district ⓘ
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
electsToBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
firstCreated 1790s ⓘ
governmentalBodyType federal electoral district ⓘ
hasAbbreviation CT-05 ⓘ
hasFederalDistrictNumber 5 ⓘ
hasLargestCity Waterbury, Connecticut ⓘ
includesPartOfCounty Fairfield County, Connecticut ⓘ
Hartford County, Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Hartford County

Litchfield County, Connecticut ⓘ
New Haven County, Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: New Haven County
isOneOf congressional districts of Connecticut ⓘ
isRepresentedBy Jahana Hayes ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
locatedIn Connecticut ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Connecticut ⓘ
western Connecticut ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 1 ⓘ
partOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
predecessorDistrict Connecticut's 5th congressional district (old boundaries) ⓘ
Connecticut's 6th congressional district ⓘ
reconfiguredByRedistricting after 2000 Census ⓘ
after 2010 Census ⓘ
after 2020 Census ⓘ
representedInCongress United States Congress ⓘ
represents residents of central Connecticut ⓘ
residents of western Connecticut ⓘ
state Connecticut ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Connecticut's 4th congressional district → borderedBy → Connecticut's 5th congressional district ⓘ
Connecticut's 5th congressional district → predecessorDistrict → Connecticut's 6th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: Connecticut's 5th congressional district
Connecticut's 5th congressional district → predecessorDistrict → Connecticut's 5th congressional district (old boundaries) ⓘ
linked to: Connecticut's 5th congressional district
Connecticut's 3rd congressional district → borderedBy → Connecticut's 5th congressional district ⓘ