Jahana Hayes

American educator and politician (born 1973)

IncumbentU.S. House — CT-05DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-DK1-PFVK FEC H8CT05245

Running for U.S. House, CT-05, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/jahana-hayes

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Jahana Hayes — Photo — Photo · U.S. Department of Agriculture · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Jahana Hayes — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, CT-05 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, CT-05 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, CT-05 · General · Democratic · won · 127,838 votes (50.4%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, CT-05 · General · Democratic · won · 192,484 votes (55.1%) · source
2018 · U.S. House, CT-05 · General · Democratic · won · 151,225 votes (55.9%) · source

Background

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-24 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahana_Hayes

Campaign finance

$1,290,078total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,084,158cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$728,471total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahana_Hayes
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24951316
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8CT05245/
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jahana_Hayes_on_16_July_2024_(cropped).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jahana_Hayes,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress_(square).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jahana_Hayes,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress_(cropped).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jahana_Hayes_speaking_in_2018.jpg

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