Elizabeth Esty
| Elizabeth Esty | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 5th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Chris Murphy |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 103rd district |
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In office January 7, 2009 – January 5, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Al Adinolfi |
| Succeeded by | Al Adinolfi |
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Elizabeth Henderson August 25, 1959 Oak Park, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Daniel C. Esty |
| Residence | Cheshire, Connecticut |
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Harvard University (A.B.) Yale Law School (J.D.) |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
| Website | Representative Elizabeth Esty |
Elizabeth Henderson Esty (born August 25, 1959) is the U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 5th congressional district, having been elected on November 6, 2012, and re-elected both in 2014 and 2016. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously she was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing the 103rd Assembly District, which consisted of Cheshire and parts of Hamden and Wallingford. She also served two terms on the Cheshire Town Council. The 5th congressional district spans central and northwest Connecticut, including Waterbury, Danbury, New Britain, Meriden, Torrington, Litchfield County, the Farmington Valley, Newtown, and Esty's hometown of Cheshire.
Esty defeated two challengers in the August 14, 2012, Democratic primary to become the Democratic nominee in Connecticut's 5th congressional district, and on November 6, 2012, she defeated challenger Andrew Roraback. Esty defeated Mark Greenberg on November 4, 2014, in the state's most competitive district to win her first re-election. On November 8, 2016, Esty defeated Sherman First Selectman Clay Cope by a margin of 58–42% to win re-election a second time.
Elizabeth Henderson was born in 1959 in Oak Park, Illinois. Her father worked as an engineer in a construction company and the family moved numerous times during her childhood. She was raised in Minnesota and graduated from Winona Senior High School. She earned an A.B. from Harvard College in 1981 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1985. She also studied International Relations at L'Institut d'études politiques in Paris for a year on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. Esty volunteered for Planned Parenthood in college.
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