1. Jahana Hayes is the first Black woman and Black Democrat to represent Connecticut in Congress.
2. She was born on March 8, 1973, in Waterbury, Connecticut, and grew up in public housing projects in that city.
3. In 2016 she was named National Teacher of the Year.
4. In 2018, she ran for the Democratic nomination for Connecticut’s 5th congressional district and won with 62% of the vote.
5. Hayes is a member of the Democratic Party and supports public education and teachers’ unions.
6. She and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts’s 7th congressional district are the first women of color to be elected to Congress from New England.
7. Hayes won the general election in 2020 and was reelected in 2022.
8. Hayes voted for both the first and second impeachment of Donald Trump.
9. She was reported to be on the shortlist for Secretary of Education in the Biden administration, but Connecticut State Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona was selected.
10. As of June 2022, Hayes had voted in line with President Joe Biden’s stated position 98.2% of the time.
11. In 2023, Hayes voted against H.Con.Res. 21 which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.
12. During the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearings, Hayes criticized the bill to ban trans and intersex sports.
13. Hayes earned an associate degree at Naugatuck Valley Community College, a bachelor’s degree at Southern Connecticut State University, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction at the University of Saint Joseph, and a Sixth-Year Certificate from the University of Bridgeport.
14. Hayes lives in Wolcott, north of Waterbury, with her husband and four children.
15. During the 2018 election, she was endorsed by the Connecticut Education Association.
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Who is Johana Hayes?
Biography. Jahana Hayes is the U.S. Representative for the Fifth Congressional District of Connecticut. The district spans northwest and central Connecticut and includes Danbury, Litchfield County, the Farmington Valley, the Naugatuck Valley, Meriden, and her hometown of Waterbury.
What state does Jahana Hayes represent?
Jahana Flemming Hayes (born March 8, 1973) is an American educator and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut’s 5th congressional district since 2019.
Where was Jahana Hayes born?
Waterbury, CT
What congressional district is Waterbury?
5th District of Connecticut – Interactive Map.
Does Jahana Hayes have children?
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