[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 21.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 67.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 8%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $91,081
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: 2024 Connecticut Early Voting Constitutional Amendment (2024) — passed, margin 60%–40%
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 0.095)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.132)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.175)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Retail Trade (sector-wide) (34772 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Educational Services (sector-wide) (30500 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Health Care & Social Assistance (sector-wide) (46246 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Connecticut's 5th Congressional District spans northwest and central Connecticut, including Danbury, Litchfield County, the Farmington Valley, the Naugatuck Valley, Meriden, and Waterbury. It is a D+4 district (Cook PVI) with a population of approximately 728,000. The district is 64.8% White and 21.2% Hispanic, with
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Voted yea on H.Con.Res.40 (War Powers Resolution to remove U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in Iran) on 2026-04-16: Hayes voted to constrain Trump's military operations in Iran, stating 'President Trump has failed to clearly articulate a reason for going to war.' She cited 13 U.S. service member deaths and Pentagon spending of $2 billion per d
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· 2026-04-16
Voted nay on H.R.1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump reconciliation package — $900 billion in Medicaid cuts, $200 billion in SNAP cuts, extending 2017 tax cuts)) on 2025-07-03: Hayes called this 'the most destructive legislation I had witnessed in my tenure.' She detailed that 210,395 of her constituents rely on Medicaid/HuskyHealth and at least 34,000 coul
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· 2025-07-03
Voted nay on H.R.3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling deal with SNAP work requirements and discretionary spending caps)) on 2023-05-31: Hayes broke with Democratic leadership and 165 Democratic colleagues to vote against the debt ceiling agreement, citing new SNAP work requirements. She stated: 'I cannot in good conscience support a legislat
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· 2023-05-31
Voted yea on S.5 (Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes)) on 2025-01-22: Hayes joined 45 other Democrats and all Republicans to pass this immigration enforcement bill. She later publicly regretted the vote, telling CNN she 'trusted that (the Trump) administration wanted to work with Democrats.' Her d
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· 2025-01-22
Voted nay on H.Res.845 (Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for comments on the Israel-Hamas war) on 2023-11-07: Hayes voted with 184 of 206 voting Democrats against censuring Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress. Only 22 Democrats joined Republicans. Her vote aligned with progressive and civil-liberties-oriented constituents in her D+4 distri
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· 2023-11-07
Voted yea on H.R.8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.4 billion comprehensive military and humanitarian aid to Israel)) on 2024-04-20: Hayes voted for the comprehensive Israel aid package just five months after opposing the standalone bill. Her top contributors include JStreetPAC ($49,570) and Pro-Israel interests ($30,725). The 3
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· 2024-04-20
Voted nay on H.R.6126 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($14.3 billion standalone military aid to Israel with offsetting IRS cuts)) on 2023-11-02: Hayes was one of 194 Democrats who opposed the standalone Israel aid bill that conditioned emergency aid for the first time. She cited the absence of humanitarian aid for Gaza. Only 12 Democra
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· 2023-11-02
[vote] Hayes voted for H.R. 8034, the $26 billion Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act that included humanitarian aid and missile defense funding, joining the 366-58 majority.
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· 2024-04-20
Last contradiction analysis: Never
Platform: "Hayes voted for the Laken Riley Act (S.5) on January 22, 2025, joining 45 other House Democrats and all Republicans. She said she was swayed by a prov"
Vote: on "During an April 2025 CNN town hall, Hayes said of her Laken Riley Act vote: 'As I've thought about i"
Hayes voted for the Laken Riley Act in January 2025, then publicly disavowed her vote three months later at a CNN town hall, saying she 'regrets' it and 'probably would have voted differently.' She attributed her initial support to trusting the Trump
Platform: "Hayes voted against H.R. 6126, a standalone $14.3 billion Israel military aid package, stating she could not 'in good conscience support a supplementa"
Vote: on "Hayes voted for H.R. 8034, the $26 billion Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act that incl"
Hayes voted against a standalone Israel military aid bill in November 2023 citing lack of humanitarian provisions, but voted for the broader $26 billion Israel supplemental five months later that included both military and humanitarian components. Th
Platform: "Hayes voted yea on H.R. 9495, the 'Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act,' during its first House vote under suspension of "
Vote: on "When H.R. 9495 returned for a second vote needing only a bare majority, Hayes switched to vote again"
[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] Hayes voted for H.R. 9495 (the 'nonprofit killer' bill) on its first vote, then switched to oppose it on the second vote one week later. She attributed the reversal to 'extensive constitue
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