- Lead
- 173
- Total
- 15,514
- vs nation
- D+2.6
Connecticut 62nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 135
- Total
- 15,684
- vs nation
- R+3.6
- Lead
- 1,149
- Total
- 14,069
- vs nation
- R+10.3
- Lead
- 330
- Total
- 13,237
- vs nation
- R+6.3
- Lead
- 659
- Total
- 13,944
- vs nation
- R+2.5
- Lead
- 986
- Total
- 13,683
- vs nation
- R+4.7
- Lead
- 127
- Total
- 12,659
- vs nation
- D+0.5
- Lead
- 466
- Total
- 12,391
- vs nation
- R+4.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+1.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,1092024 5-year
- Population density
- 157 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 147 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $117,8502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.0 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 69, CT · twin score 93.5
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 62nd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
62.5%
6,050 votes · D+25.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 51.3%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
70.5%
7,037 votes · R+41.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 69.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,729votes
49.3% of the vote · D+0.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 7,710 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
8,671votes
67.2% of the vote · R+35.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 7,727 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
+2.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.4 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +2.6 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+41.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +39.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 55.5%6,399 | 44.5%5,134 | 11,533 |
| 2018 | D | 56.0%5,066 | 44.0%3,973 | 9,039 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of just D+1.1 across roughly 23,000 residents, this state house district sits at the competitive edge of Connecticut's legislative map, making it a consistent target for both parties in down-ballot races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 48.0 points in 1896. The 2024 margin was 1.1 points.
A population of 23,109, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $117,850 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 69 and State House District 66.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Connecticut 62nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09062/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.