Jahana Hayes
Democrat · CT-5 · U.S. House
Bio
Jahana Hayes 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.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 7.6 years
- First took office
- 2019 (4 terms)
- Seniority
- 198 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 53
- Waterbury, CT · 860-223-8412
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $100k – $250k
- Liabilities
- $460k – $1.0M
- Net worth
- −$915k – −$210k
- Since 2019
- −$463k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 1 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Jahana Hayes's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Jahana Hayes (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Hayessits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Congressional Black Caucusstrongly left · 63 members
- Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Hayes's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Inspired by Seattle Program, Jayapal Bill Would Help US Families Buy Fruits and VeggiesAs Americans face rising grocery prices under President Donald Trump and rally behind progressive policies and primary candidates, US Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Thursday introduced a bill that shows what kind of proposals could become reality with more Democrats…
Common Dreams · July 2, 2026
Dem Rep Who Claims To Want Border Security Regrets Voting For The Laken Riley ActDemocratic Connecticut Rep. Jahana Hayes said she regrets voting for a bipartisan bill to detain illegal migrants accused of committing criminal offenses.
The Daily Caller · April 11, 2025
'I’m still talking, please': CNN town hall gets heated after Republican cuts off DemA Democratic lawmaker’s brutal takedown of what she characterized as the unscrupulous actions Elon Musk is engaging in as head of the Department of Government Efficiency sparked a tense clash Thursday night when Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) tried to squeeze in his…
Raw Story · April 11, 2025
Lawmakers share messages for President Trump at CNN town hallRepublican Reps. Mike Lawler of New York and Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania, and Democrat Reps. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut and Derek Tran of California shared their messages to the American people and President Donald Trump at a CNN town hall moderated by Ja…
CNN · April 11, 2025
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