Jahana Hayes

U.S. Representative, CT-5

CT House · Democratic

Jahana Hayes (née Flemming: born March 8, 1973) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 5th congressional district since 2019. The district, once represented by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, comprises much of the state's northwestern portion, including New Britain, Danbury, and Waterbury. A member of the Democratic Party, Hayes became the first Black woman elected to represent Connecticut in Congress. She was recognized as the National Teacher of the Year in 2016.

From the English Wikipedia article “Jahana Hayes”, available under CC BY-SA.

Voting Summary

Votes recorded: 31
Ballots cast: 30
Participation: 96.8%
Yea / Nay: 19 / 11

Yea19

Nay11

Absent1

Abstain0

31 total ballots recorded.

Participation counts yea and nay ballots votes where a position was taken as a share of all roll calls on file.

Voting Record

11 votes recorded as “Nay”

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Nay
FEHB Protection Act of 2025	house	4110	Nay
Rescissions Act of 2025	house	4141	Nay
FEHB Protection Act of 2025	house	3991	Nay
SAVE Act Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act	house	4181	Nay
Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act	house	—	Nay

Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held locally for these votes. Bill number, status, summary and sponsor are not part of this dataset see Bills for the fuller bill record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date; no vote date is recorded in this dataset.