DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Kadeem Roberts

Connecticut State Representative, District 137 since 2022. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Connecticut State Representative, District 137

In office
3 yrs
Since 2022
Bills became law
4
37 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
0.7%
Chamber median 1.3%
With party
99%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+42.6
Won 2026
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Housing · vice chair
  • Education
  • Judiciary

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 37 sponsored · 4 became law
BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw
SB 509 AN ACT CONCERNING ADDRESS VERIFICATION REFORMS FOR REGISTRANTS.
Address · Became law Jun 2026
HB 5350 AN ACT CONCERNING CANNABIS, HEMP AND INFUSED BEVERAGE REGULATION.
Advanced practice nurses · Became law May 2026
HB 5525 AN ACT CONCERNING A RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES.
Algae and aquatic weed control · Became law May 2026
HB 5211 AN ACT CONCERNING COMMERCIAL FINANCING.
Commercial transactions · Failed in the Senate May 2026
SB 503 AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCING OF AND PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED WHEN SUCH…
Children · Failed in the Senate May 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Roberts sits in the Connecticut House of Representatives

Roberts is closer to the center than 47% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianRobertsMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Manny Sanchez, Toni Walker, Mary Fortier

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:47 PM ET

With Roberts’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Connecticut House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Roberts’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Roberts was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Connecticut House District 137WonD+42.6D+29.0+13.6
2024Connecticut House of Representatives, District 137WonD+33.7——
2022Connecticut House of Representatives, District 137WonD+30.4——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Connecticut Secretary of the State (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$46K
Spent
$45.9K
Cash
$102

Source: Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission filings through Oct 27, 2026Updated Nov 7, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

Roberts For The 137th District
State
Active

Source: Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission filings through Oct 27, 2026Updated Nov 7, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Seats Roberts has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Roberts has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Connecticut Secretary of the State (unofficial)

How we know Roberts

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET