 Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, is still the population center and focal point of the district, which also includes wealthy West Hartford, the center of Greater Hartford's Jewish and Asian-American communities, and working-class East Hartford, home of Pratt and Whitney.After the reapportionment, however, the district was shifted westward and now includes sections of northern Litchfield County once represented by the old 6th district, as well as stretching southward to take in a portion of Middletown and southwest to include Bristol and Southington.Long severed from the wealthier and more moderate Hartford suburbs in the Farmington Valley, the 1st district is reliably and strongly Democratic.