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Laurie Sweet
Laurie Sweet (Democratic Party) is a member-elect of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing District 91. She assumed office on January 8, 2025.
Sweet (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent District 91. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024. She advanced from the Democratic primary on August 13, 2024.
Laurie Sweet earned a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College in 2002, a graduate degree from New York University in 2004, and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2009.
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Senate District 91 at a glance
Population
| Total population | 21,627 |
| Foreign-born population | 3,095 |
| Population under age 18 | 4,557 |
| Population ages 65+ | 3,865 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 20% |
| Percent white | 50% |
| Percent Black | 22% |
| Percent other race | 8% |
Housing
| Total households | 9,201 |
| Owner-occupied households | 5,327 |
| Homeownership rate | 58% |
| Cost-burdened households | 3,253 |
| Cost-burden rate | 36% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 21,381 |
| Population in poverty | 2,241 |
| Poverty rate | 10% |
| Low-income population | 4,938 |
| Low-income rate | 23% |
District data used with permission of DataHaven 2024 Connecticut State Legislative District Profiles. Legislator data used with permission of Ballotpedia. Have a correction or addition to report about this data? Email us.
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