Connecticut's 138th House of Representatives district

The one hundred thirty-eighth Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Its current representative is Rachel Chaleski.

List of representatives[edit]

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Terry McGovern	Democratic	1967–1971	Bridgeport
Ernest Nickols	Republican	1971–1973	Bridgeport	Redistricted to the 130th District
E. Ronald Bard	Republican	1973–1975	Norwalk	Redistricted from the 145th District
Lawrence Anastasia	Democratic	1975 – 1993	Norwalk	In 1992, Larry Anastasia's residence was redistricted such that he and fellow incumbent Democrat Alex Knopp were both in the 139th.
Mark Nielsen	Republican	1993 – 1995	Danbury
David Cappiello	Republican	1995 – 1999	Danbury
Mark Boughton	Republican	1999 – 2002	Danbury	Elected Mayor of Danbury in 2001
Grace M. Scire	Democratic	2002 – 2003	Danbury
Janice Giegler	Republican	2003 – 2017	Danbury
Michael Ferguson	Republican	2017 – 2019	Danbury
Ken Gucker	Democratic	2019 – 2023	Danbury	Lost reelection.^[1]
Rachel Chaleski	Republican	2023 – present	Danbury

2022 Connecticut State House of Representatives election, 138th District^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth Gucker (incumbent)	3,322	49.81
	Republican	Rachel Chaleski	3,219	48.26
	Independent Party	Rachel Chaleski	129	1.93
Total votes			6,670	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2020 Connecticut State House of Representatives election, District 138^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth Gucker (incumbent)	6,530	51.48
	Republican	Emile Buzaid	5,582	44.00
	Working Families	Kenneth Gucker (incumbent)	302	2.38
	Independent Party	Emile Buzaid	271	2.14
Total votes			12,685	100.00
	Democratic hold