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{{Short description|American businessman &and politician (born 1966)}}

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Himes faced the ten-term [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Chris Shays]] in the 2008 congressional election, along with [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] nominee M.A. Carrano, a professional philosophy writer and systems consultant, and [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]] nominee Richard Duffee. Himes defeated Shays, 51% to 47%.<ref name=NYT081109/> While Shays won 14 of the district's 17 towns, Himes won all three of the district's large cities—Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford. Ultimately, he owed his victory to swamping Shays in Bridgeport, winning 80% of the vote there.<ref>[http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/electionresults/2008_election_results/2008_representative_in_congress.pdf Elections Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203051504/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/electionresults/2008_election_results/2008_representative_in_congress.pdf |date=2009-02-03 }} from the Connecticut Secretary of State</ref> He was also helped by [[Barack Obama]]'s massive win in that district; Obama carried the 4th with 60% of the vote, one of his largest margins in a Republican-held district.

Himes took office in the [[111th United States Congress]] on January 6, 2009. He is the first Democrat to represent the district since [[Donald J. Irwin]] left office in 1969, and only the second since 1943. Shays was the sole Republican congressman from New England, and Himes's win made New England's House delegation entirely Democratic for the first time in history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jim Himes Defeats Christopher Shays in 4th District |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |author=Jon Lender & Mark Pazniokas |date=November 5, 2008 |access-date=April 18, 2014 |url=httphttps://articleswww.courant.com/2008-/11-/05/news/hcjim-4house.artnov05_1_himeshimes-barackdefeats-obamachristopher-bridgeportshays-in-4th-district/ |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017071606/http://articles.courant.com/2008-11-05/news/hc-4house.artnov05_1_himes-barack-obama-bridgeport |url-status=live }}</ref>

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