 After long remaining the focal point of the old 5th district, Waterbury was placed largely in the new 5th; yet, the considerably Republican and Italian neighborhood of Town Plot excised and lopped onto the 3rd, to the dismay of 5th district Republicans.The representative from the 3rd district is Rosa L. DeLauro, the scion of an influential political family from New Haven.Before being elected in 1990, DeLauro worked as a political activist for liberal causes and an influential fundraiser for state and national Democrats, serving as chief of staff to Senator Christopher Dodd and Executive Director of EMILY's List, a pro-choice PAC.