District: Connecticut - 1st District Political Highlights: East Hartford Board of Education, 1978-79; East Hartford Town Council, 1979-83; Conn. Senate, 1983-95; sought Democratic nomination for governor, 1994 Born: July 22, 1948; Hartford, Conn. Residence: East Hartford Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Wife, Leslie Larson; three children Education: Central Connecticut State U., B.S. 1971 Elected: 1998 Committee Assignments: Ways & Means (Social Security - Ranking Member; Tax Policy) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 60th ranked House Democrat Twitter: 23,113 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1998 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) Kevin O'Connor (R) Jay Palmieri (TLC)
Votes
97,681 69,668 915
%
58.1% 41.4% 0.5%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) Bob Backlund (R)
Votes
151,932 59,331
%
71.9% 28.1%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) Phil Steele (R)
Votes
134,698 66,968
%
66.8% 33.2%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) John Halstead (R)
Votes
198,802 73,601
%
73.0% 27.0%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) Scott MacLean (R)
Votes
154,539 53,010
%
74.4% 25.5%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) Joe Visconti (R) Stephen Fournier (GREEN)
Votes
211,493 76,860 7,201
%
71.6% 26.0% 2.4%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) Ann Brickley (R) Kenneth Krayeske (GREEN) Christopher Hutchinson (X)
Votes
138,440 84,076 2,564 955
%
61.2% 37.2% 1.1% 0.4%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) John Decker (R)
Votes
206,973 82,321
%
69.7% 27.7%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
John Larson (D) Matthew Corey (R) Jeff Russell (GREEN)
