Connecticut's 39th assembly district

The Thirty-Ninth Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Its current representative is Democrat Ernest Hewett. The district consists of part of the city of New London, which is divided between the 39th and 40th districts. During the last week in February 2013, Hewett was stripped of his deputy speaker position after making a lewd comment to a teenage girl during a budget hearing.^[1]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Wade Hyslop, Jr.	Democratic	1989 – 2003	New London	Did not run for reelection
Ernest Hewett	Democratic	2003 – present	New London	Incumbent

Recent elections

State Election 2008: House District 39
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ernest Hewett	3,948	63.9	-1.6
	Republican	Jason Catala	1,109	17.9	-11.2
	Working Families	Ernest Hewett	594	9.6	+4.2
	Green	Kenric M. Hanson	529	8.6	+8.6
Majority			3,433	55.6	+13.8
Turnout			6,180
	Democratic hold		Swing	+4.8

State Election 2006: House District 39
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ernest Hewett	2,431	65.5	-1.4
	Republican	Jason Catala	1,081	29.1	+0.0
	Working Families	Ernest Hewett	200	5.4	+1.4
Majority			1,550	41.8	+0.0
Turnout			3,712
	Democratic hold		Swing	+0.0

State Election 2004: House District 39
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ernest Hewett	3,591	66.9	+4.0
	Republican	John Russell	1,562	29.1	-4.3
	Working Families	Ernest Hewett	216	4.0	+0.2
Majority			2,245	41.8	+12.3
Turnout			5,369
	Democratic hold		Swing	+4.3

Democratic Primary, August 10, 2004: House District 39
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ernest Hewett	623	62.2
	Democratic	Lloyd H. Beachy	378	37.8
Majority			245	24.5
Turnout			1,001

State Election 2002: House District 39
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wade A. Hyslop, Jr.	2,215	62.9	-28.4
	Republican	Jason Catala	1,176	33.4	+33.4
	Working Families	Samuel A. Cutler	133	3.8	+3.8
Majority			1,039	29.5	-53.1
Turnout			3,524
	Democratic hold		Swing	-30.9

State Election 2000: House District 39
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wade A. Hyslop, Jr.	3,222	91.3	+19.1
	Libertarian	Donald A. Nicholas	307	8.7	+6.9
Majority			2,915	82.6	+36.3
Turnout			3,529
	Democratic hold		Swing	+13.0

State Election 1998: House District 39
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wade A. Hyslop, Jr.	2,110	72.2
	Republican	Avner Gregory	758	25.9
	Libertarian	Darlene H. Nicholas	54	1.8
Majority			1,352	46.3
Turnout			2,922
	Democratic hold		Swing

External links

• Google Maps - Connecticut House Districts

References

1. "Politician stripped of title after lewd snake comment". ctpost.com. Retrieved 1 March 2013.