Connecticut's first congressional district is 93% urban and contains the majority of Hartford. The total Population is 710,509, the median age is 40.6, the population is 68.45% white, and the unemployment rate is 6.2%. The median household income is $69,766 and the mean household income $91,620. The district has gone to the Democrats every election cycle in the past three decades. The Democratic candidate for this election is John Larson who is an incumbent and has held his seat since 1998, carrying it with 64% of the vote share in the 2016 election. His Republican opponent is Jennifer Nye.