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Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Official portrait of Rep. Elizabeth H. Esty

Elizabeth H. Esty

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · ConnecticutHouse 2013–2019 (CT-5)

Elizabeth Esty was a Democratic U.S. representative from Connecticut, first elected to Congress in 2013, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (113th–115th Congress).

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67Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)
4Passed a chamberof 56 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)
3Became law2 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 113th–115th Congress
—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Esty has won

Rep. Esty has won 2 U.S. House elections (2012–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.6 to 7.4 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)2012, CT-5: won by 2.6 points2012CT-52014, CT-5: won by 7.4 points2014
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won2 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 2.6 points2012, CT-5
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 2 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Connecticut’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Elizabeth H. Esty (D) 2012–2014 → Elizabeth H Etsy (D) 2016 → Jahana Hayes (D) 2018–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Connecticut’s 5th district done while Rep. Esty served?

2013 to 2018 in CT-5: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.2 points.

Typical household income · after inflationConnecticut $95.7KCT-5 $88.6KU.S. $77.6K
CT-5: $88.4K in 2013 → $88.6K in 2018
CT-5 about the sameConnecticut up 5%U.S. up 10%
Share of people below the poverty lineU.S. 13.1%Connecticut 10.4%CT-5 9.8%
CT-5: 10.8% in 2013 → 9.8% in 2018
CT-5 about the sameConnecticut about the sameU.S. down 2.7 points
Share of workers looking for a jobConnecticut 5.5%CT-5 5.3%U.S. 4.9%
CT-5: 8.5% in 2013 → 5.3% in 2018
CT-5 down 3.2 pointsConnecticut down 3.7 pointsU.S. down 3.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Connecticut’s 5th district during Esty’s time representing it (2013 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. CT-5’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 29 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored29Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement25See the 25 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed4See the 4 →
With a committee report listed3See the 3 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields
cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed
October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.