- Lead
- 4,420
- Total
- 14,454
- vs nation
- D+32.1
Connecticut 135th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,160
- Total
- 15,184
- vs nation
- D+29.5
- Lead
- 3,244
- Total
- 13,583
- vs nation
- D+21.8
- Lead
- 1,930
- Total
- 12,629
- vs nation
- D+11.4
- Lead
- 2,995
- Total
- 13,229
- vs nation
- D+15.4
- Lead
- 1,085
- Total
- 12,765
- vs nation
- D+11.0
- Lead
- 1,587
- Total
- 11,894
- vs nation
- D+12.8
- Lead
- 1,339
- Total
- 11,420
- vs nation
- D+3.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+30.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,1362024 5-year
- Population density
- 329 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 70.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $210,1942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34.0 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.7 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 136, CT · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 135th 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
Joe Biden2020
66.2%
10,048 votes · D+34.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 64.3%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
68.3%
6,051 votes · R+36.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 64.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
10,048votes
66.2% of the vote · D+34.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,294 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
7,781votes
63.7% of the vote · R+27.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 7,052 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
Kamala Harris2024
+32.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+30.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +29.5 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+21.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.6 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +19.3 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 | 61.7%6,271 | 38.3%3,897 | 10,168 |
| 2018 | D | 61.4%5,093 | 38.6%3,201 | 8,294 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 30 points, District 135 ranks among the state's most reliably blue constituencies, suggesting a dense, urban-anchored electorate with limited competitive pressure in most election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.0 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 41.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.6 points.
A population of 23,136, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $210,194 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 136 and State House District 111.
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 135th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09135/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.