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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+15 (shifted D+2 since last redistricting)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: public transit utilization: 2.5% (vs. 5% nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 5.7% (vs. 3.5% nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median rent: $1,530 (vs. $1,163 nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median home value: $357,600
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: 11.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 17.5%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 65.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 39.6 (largest cohort 20-29 at 15.1%)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 38.9% (vs. 33.7% nationally, 14.7% post-graduate)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 66% (vs. 65.5% nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 9.69% (vs. 12.4% nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $90,013 (vs. $37,585 national median)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 737,494 (2024 ACS)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Connecticut Early Voting Amendment (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 59.4% Yes — 40.6% No
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.11)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 0.15)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.19)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: U.S. Repeating Arms / Winchester (New Haven area) (1000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Sikorsky Aircraft / Lockheed Martin (Stratford) (8000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: RTX Corp / Pratt & Whitney (East Hartford and Middletown operations) (12000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Yale University / Yale New Haven Health System (22000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District encompasses the south-central portion of the state, anchored by the city of New Haven (home to Yale University) and extending north through the Naugatuck Valley to Waterbury and west to Stratford and Shelton. It includes most of New Haven's suburbs: West Haven, Hamden, Milford, Wallingford, and Guilford. Home to approximately 737,494 constituents (2024 ACS), the district is majority White (65.9%), with a significant Hispanic population (17.5%), Black (11.9%), and Asian (4.4%). The median household income is $90,013 — more than double the $37,585 national median — with a poverty rate of 9.69% (below the 12.4% national average). Homeownership is 66%, median home value is $357,600, and median rent is $1,530. 38.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher (above the 33.7% national average). The median age is 39.6, the largest age cohort being 20-29 year-olds at 15.1%, reflecting the university presence. The economy is anchored by higher education and healthcare (Yale University and Yale New Haven Health System — the largest employer), defense manufacturing (RTX/Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin), financial services, and bioscience. The district has a Cook PVI of D+15 and is a safe Democratic seat. DeLauro has held the seat since 1991 — over 34 years — and won the 2024 general election with approximately 59% of the vote. She is running for a 19th term in 2026 and faces a Democratic primary challenger for the first time in recent memory from Damjan DeNoble.
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Voted nay on Con.Res. 14 (FY 2025 Budget Resolution (Reconciliation Framework, April 10, 2025)) on 2025-04-10: DeLauro voted nay on the budget resolution that set the framework for the OBBBA reconciliation. She stated the Republican proposal would 'gut Medicaid by $880 billion and leave 80 million Americans without healthcare.' As the ranking member of the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee and the full Appropriations Committee, DeLauro was the most institutionally significant Democratic voice on the budget — her opposition represented the caucus position. All Democrats opposed the resolution. The CWA opposed the bill, and DeLauro earned a 100% score.
Date: 2025-04-10
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Voted yea on H.Con.Res. 35 (Iran War Powers Resolution (March 5, 2026)) on 2026-03-05: DeLauro voted yea on the bipartisan resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military operations in Iran. During her June 18, 2025 CT Mirror interview, she stated the U.S. should not strike Iran's nuclear facilities — a position consistent with her vote on the war powers resolution. As Ranking Member of Appropriations, her support for congressional war powers authority carried institutional weight. The resolution failed 219-212.
Date: 2026-03-05
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Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: DeLauro voted yea on $61 billion in Ukraine military assistance, joining 311 members in the bipartisan majority. She also condemned Trump's 'shameful treatment of Ukrainian President Zelensky in the Oval Office' on February 28, 2025, reflecting her consistent support for Ukraine against Russian aggression. The vote reflected her internationalist orientation as the ranking member on Appropriations. The GOP majority voted nay (112-101).
Date: 2024-04-20
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Voted yea on H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: DeLauro voted yea on $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel as part of the comprehensive $95 billion national security package alongside Ukraine, Taiwan, and humanitarian aid — a 'yes' vote that reflected her consistent support for foreign aid packages as the top Democrat on Appropriations. However, she simultaneously boycotted Netanyahu's address to Congress, called his military campaign 'indifferent to the loss of Palestinian lives,' and urged an immediate ceasefire and delivery of humanitarian aid. Her largest PAC donor JStreetPAC ($29,551) champions this kind of conditioned support — distinguishing her vote from AIPAC-style unconditional backing. Protesters disrupted her speech at a 2024 refugee run and a man interrupted her June 2025 CT Mirror interview to call her complicit in genocide. The vote was bipartisan (366-58) and reflects the Democratic mainstream on Israel.
Date: 2024-04-20
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Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025 Senate version; January 22, 2025 House concurrence)) on 2025-01-23: DeLauro voted nay on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. She stated the bill would 'mandate deportation of any migrant person in the United States who has been arrested, even if they have not been charged with anything.' She was one of 159 House Democrats who opposed the measure, while 46 Democrats voted yea. Her CT-03 district has large immigrant communities, and she went further on June 18, 2025, condemning the Trump administration's immigration raids, saying ICE agents were going after people who had been in the country for years and working, rather than violent criminals — citing a New Haven mother detained in front of her children. The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned in one of the safest Democratic seats in Connecticut.
Date: 2025-01-23
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House passage, May 22, 2025; Senate amendment, July 3, 2025) on 2025-07-03: DeLauro was a leading Democratic voice against the OBBBA. As Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee — the most powerful spending panel in Congress — she called the bill a robbery of safety net programs. She stated: 'While you slept, Republicans robbed you... In the dead of night, House Republicans passed legislation that hands over a trillion dollars in tax cuts to billionaires and the biggest corporations while gutting the very programs that help everyday Americans survive.' The CBO projected the OBBBA would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP. Her CT-03 district has a 9.69% poverty rate and a median household income of $90,013 — thousands of residents rely on Medicaid, SNAP, and the social programs she oversees as the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. She also voted nay on the FY2025 Budget Resolution on April 10, 2025, calling it a proposal to 'gut Medicaid by $880 billion and leave 80 million Americans without healthcare.' The CWA gave her a 100% score for 2025, noting the bill 'imposes deep and damaging cuts to vital programs like Medicaid.' All 212 Democrats plus 2 Republicans voted nay. Only 2 Republicans voted nay.
Date: 2025-07-03
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[disclosure] Despite her progressive voting record and powerful committee leadership, at age 82 (as of 2025), DeLauro faces her first Democratic primary challenge in recent memory from Damjan DeNoble, a 40-year-old attorney who argued the Democratic Party needs 'generational change' and that an octogenarian lawmaker is not best-positioned. DeLauro's campaign manager responded: 'Rosa intends to run for reelection and welcomes anyone that wants to run.'
Date: 2025-07-09
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[statement] DeLauro was one of the most vocal Democratic critics of the OBBBA, calling it a bill that 'robbed you' — 'While you slept, Republicans robbed you... In the dead of night, House Republicans passed legislation that hands over a trillion dollars in tax cuts to billionaires and the biggest corporations while gutting the very programs that help everyday Americans survive.' The CBO projected the bill would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid.
Date: 2025-05-22
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[vote] DeLauro was one of only 170 House Democrats to vote against the Laken Riley Act on January 23, 2025 — legislation mandating mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. She stated her opposition was because the bill would 'mandate deportation of any migrant person in the United States who has been arrested, even if they have not been charged with anything.' She was among the progressive Democrats who opposed the bill, while 46 Democrats voted yea.
Date: 2025-01-23
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[statement] DeLauro boycotted Netanyahu's July 2024 address to Congress, stating she was 'shocked by the ongoing Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, spearheaded by Prime Minister Netanyahu, that has been indifferent to the loss of Palestinian lives and settler violence.' She criticized the 'indiscriminate bombing campaign' and said 'Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government must prioritize a two-state solution, the protection of civilians, and an immediate ceasefire.' When confronted at a June 2025 CT Mirror event by a protester who booed her Israel support, she defended both her support for Israel's defense and her criticism of its military campaign, while lamenting the lack of 'civil discourse' on the issue.
Date: 2024-07-24
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[vote] DeLauro voted yea on H.R. 8034 ($26 billion Israel military aid) on April 20, 2024, as part of the comprehensive $95 billion national security package. Her top PAC donor JStreetPAC ($29,551) supported the comprehensive aid package alongside the broader bipartisan majority but urged a ceasefire — not the unconditional military aid AIPAC lobbied for. DeLauro is conspicuously absent from AIPAC's top donor list.
Date: 2024-04-20
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DeLauro was the first woman in Connecticut to run a statewide campaign and previously served as former Sen. Chris Dodd's chief of staff and campaign manager, executive director for EMILY's List, and has represented CT-03 since 1991. She serves as the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, co-chair of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, and ranking member on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee. She is the dean of Connecticut's congressional delegation.
Date: 2025-01-03
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Quiver Quantitative estimates DeLauro's net worth at $3.2 million as of September 2025 (213th highest in Congress). She has approximately $0 invested in publicly traded assets that Quiver can track in real time. OpenSecrets estimated her 2018 net worth at $131,007 to $4,950,997, ranking 118th in the House. She co-sponsors the TRUST in Congress Act to ban congressional stock trading.
Date: 2025-09-22
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JStreetPAC is DeLauro's single largest PAC payor for the 2024 cycle at $29,551 through 61 payments and held a reception supporting her in New Haven in January 2024 and April 2026 — identifying her as a 'J Street champion.' DeLauro has attended JStreet and AIPAC events historically but has gravitated toward the JStreet position—supporting Israeli security while criticizing Netanyahu's conduct. AIPAC does not appear among her top donor list.
Date: 2024-2025
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2024 cycle notable PAC donors: JStreetPAC ($29,551 through 61 payments), ActBlue ($593,677 through 4,173 payments), AFSCME ($10,000), SEIU ($10,000), CWA ($10,000), Boeing Co. ($10,500), America's Credit Unions ($10,000), American College of Cardiology ($10,000), Leidos Inc. ($10,000), and National Apartment Assn ($10,000).
Date: 2024-12-31
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Top contributing industries 1989-2024: Health Professionals at $1,395,310 ($302,227 individuals, $1,093,083 PACs), Lawyers/Law Firms ($1,101,121), Public Sector Unions ($1,031,065), Lobbyists ($1,028,102), and Building Trade Unions ($689,800). Health Professionals and unions dominate, reflecting her powerful role as Chair/Ranking Member of the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee and the Appropriations Committee.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Top career contributor: Yale University at $283,162 (all individuals). Second: RTX Corp at $204,945 ($43,445 individuals, $161,500 PAC). Third: AFSCME at $172,500 (all PAC). Fourth: Teamsters Union at $169,750 ($5,250 individuals, $164,500 PAC). Fifth: AFT at $154,000 (all PAC). AIPAC does not appear on DeLauro's top 20 career contributor list.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Career total raised (1989-2024): $19,149,829. Spent $18,937,030 with $212,791 cash on hand and zero debt. Her last FEC report was filed June 30, 2024 per OpenSecrets. Q2 2025 FEC filing disclosed $211,100 in new fundraising, with 59.5% from individual donors.
Date: 2024-12-31
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