- Lead
- 2,329
- Total
- 12,091
- vs nation
- D+20.7
Connecticut 149th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,821
- Total
- 14,719
- vs nation
- D+14.7
- Lead
- 1,743
- Total
- 13,215
- vs nation
- D+11.1
- Lead
- 436
- Total
- 12,547
- vs nation
- R+0.4
- Lead
- 1,449
- Total
- 13,047
- vs nation
- D+3.8
- Lead
- 407
- Total
- 12,862
- vs nation
- R+0.7
- Lead
- 287
- Total
- 11,725
- vs nation
- D+1.9
- Lead
- 126
- Total
- 11,139
- vs nation
- R+7.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+19.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,3822024 5-year
- Population density
- 628 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 38.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $234,7552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19.3 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.4 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 111, CT · twin score 98.1
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 149th 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
59.1%
8,693 votes · D+19.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 59.0%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
73.1%
6,837 votes · R+46.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 68.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,693votes
59.1% of the vote · D+19.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 7,214 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
8,785votes
68.9% of the vote · R+38.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 7,973 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
+20.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+19.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +14.7 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+30.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+46.1 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +30.0 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%6,608 | 38.3%4,107 | 10,715 |
| 2018 | D | 61.4%5,367 | 38.6%3,373 | 8,740 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+19.3, District 149 ranks among Connecticut's more reliably blue state house seats, reflecting the demographic and economic profile typical of the state's shoreline communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.3 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 49.4 points in 1924. The 2024 margin was 19.3 points.
A population of 24,382, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $234,755 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 111 and State House District 125.
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 149th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09149/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.