Based on the information gathered in the 2010 Census, the lines that divide the state into representative districts have been redrawn, shifting the 107^th, which still includes all of Brookfield, to include a small part of Danbury. The overall size of the district has not changed, however, as the portion of Bethel included in the 107^th has shrunk from approximately 42 percent down to 32 percent.

“I don’t view the outcome [of redistricting] as a significant change,” said Rep. David Scriber, who has served the district since 1999.

“In my case,” he said, the new configuration “is pretty much on the money in terms of the number of people,” but with the addition of a new constituency, he will have to campaign in Danbury for the first time in his career.

“We’re shifting the direction of where my defined district is, but it’s not a new area to me,” Scribner said, as he is already familiar with many of the issues facing Danbury residents.

“Bethel and Brookfield are very much a part of the Greater Danbury region,” he explained, “So I’m already included in efforts that involve the Danbury region,” which will make the transition easier. “Most of the people in that part of Danbury drive through Brookfield to get home,” he added. “They’re neighbors.”

Scribner won re-election to his seventh term in the Connecticut legislature in November 2010 with 86 percent of the vote and, with the majority of the 107^th district’s makeup remaining in tact, he does not expect there to be much of a political shift.

“I feel more badly about the section of Bethel that I’m losing,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed serving them.”

The 107^th district was created in 1967 as a combination of both Brookfield and Bethel, however Bethel was divided after the 1970 Census and redistricting, with half remaining in the 107^th and the other half joining Newtown in the 106^th. The percentage of Bethel in the 107^th dropped to a low of 25 percent after 1980 before returning to 50 percent in 1990 and 42 percent in the last redistricting in 2000.