# Elections in Connecticut

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Elections in Connecticut :
Federal government
U.S President
1788–89
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1796
1800
1804
1808
1812
1816
1820
1824
1828
1832
1836
1840
1844
1848
1852
1856
1860
1864
1868
1872
1876
1880
1884
1888
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2016
2020
2024
2028
Republican
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028
U.S. Senate
1788
1790
1791
1791 (sp)
1793
1793 (sp)
1796
1796 (sp)
1797
1801
1803
1807
1807 (sp)
1809
1810 (sp)
1812
1813
1813 (sp)
1814
1818
1819
1821
1824 (sp)
1825 (sp)
1826
1831
1832
1835 (sp)
1837
1840 (sp)
1842
1848 (sp)
1852 (sp)
1854
1854 (sp)
1856
1860
1863
1866
1872
1876 (sp)
1879
1881
1885
1887
1891
1893
1897
1899
1903
1905
1905 (sp)
1909
1911
1914
1916
1920
1922
1924 (sp)
1926
1928
1932
1934
1938
1940
1944
1946
1946 (sp)
1950
1950 (sp)
1952
1952 (sp)
1956
1958
1962
1964
1968
1970
1974
1976
1980
1982
1986
1988
1992
1994
1998
2000
2004
2006
2010
2012
2016
2018
2022
2024
2028
2030
U.S. House
1788
1790
1790 (sp)
1791 (sp)
1792
1793 (sp)
1794
1795 (sp)
1796
1796 (sp)
1797 (sp)
1798
1798 (sp)
1799 (sp)
1800 (sp)
1800
1801 (sp)
1802
1803 (sp)
1804
1805 (sp)
1806
1806 (sp)
1808
1810
1812
1814
1816
1817 (sp)
1818
1818 (sp)
1821
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1825
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1839
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1890
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1896
1898
1900
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1910
1912
1914
1916
1917 (4th sp)
1918
1920
1922
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1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
1948
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1987 (4th sp)
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026 :
State government
State elections
2010
2014
2018
2022
2024
2026
Governor
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1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
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1790
1791
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1876
Apr
Nov
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1890
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1946
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1958
1962
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1970
1974
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1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
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2010
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2018
2022
2026
Attorney General
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1962
1966
1970
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1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
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2010
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2022
2026
Secretary of the State
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
State Treasurer
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
State Comptroller
2018
2022
2026
State Senate
1920
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2015
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026
State House
2010
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026 :
Bridgeport
Mayor
2015
2019
2023-24
2027 :
Hartford
Mayor
1935
1937
1939
1941
1943
1979
1981
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023 :
New Haven
Mayor
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023 :
Stamford
Mayor
2017
2021
2025 :
Waterbury
Mayoral Elections
2019 :
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United States presidential election results for Connecticut :
| Year | Republican / Whig | Republican / Whig | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 736,918 | 41.89% | 992,053 | 56.40% | 30,039 | 1.71% |
| 2020 | 715,311 | 39.21% | 1,080,831 | 59.24% | 28,314 | 1.55% |
| 2016 | 673,215 | 40.93% | 897,572 | 54.57% | 74,133 | 4.51% |
| 2012 | 634,899 | 40.72% | 905,109 | 58.06% | 18,985 | 1.22% |
| 2008 | 629,428 | 38.22% | 997,773 | 60.59% | 19,592 | 1.19% |
| 2004 | 693,826 | 43.95% | 857,488 | 54.31% | 27,455 | 1.74% |
| 2000 | 561,094 | 38.44% | 816,015 | 55.91% | 82,416 | 5.65% |
| 1996 | 483,109 | 34.69% | 735,740 | 52.83% | 173,765 | 12.48% |
| 1992 | 578,313 | 35.78% | 682,318 | 42.21% | 355,701 | 22.01% |
| 1988 | 750,241 | 51.98% | 676,584 | 46.87% | 16,569 | 1.15% |
| 1984 | 890,877 | 60.73% | 569,597 | 38.83% | 6,426 | 0.44% |
| 1980 | 677,210 | 48.16% | 541,732 | 38.52% | 187,343 | 13.32% |
| 1976 | 719,261 | 52.06% | 647,895 | 46.90% | 14,370 | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 810,763 | 58.57% | 555,498 | 40.13% | 18,016 | 1.30% |
| 1968 | 556,721 | 44.32% | 621,561 | 49.48% | 77,950 | 6.21% |
| 1964 | 390,996 | 32.09% | 826,269 | 67.81% | 1,313 | 0.11% |
| 1960 | 565,813 | 46.27% | 657,055 | 53.73% | 15 | 0.00% |
| 1956 | 711,837 | 63.72% | 405,079 | 36.26% | 205 | 0.02% |
| 1952 | 611,012 | 55.70% | 481,649 | 43.91% | 4,250 | 0.39% |
| 1948 | 437,754 | 49.55% | 423,297 | 47.91% | 22,467 | 2.54% |
| 1944 | 390,527 | 46.94% | 435,146 | 52.30% | 6,317 | 0.76% |
| 1940 | 361,819 | 46.30% | 417,621 | 53.44% | 2,062 | 0.26% |
| 1936 | 278,685 | 40.35% | 382,129 | 55.32% | 29,909 | 4.33% |
| 1932 | 288,420 | 48.54% | 281,632 | 47.40% | 24,131 | 4.06% |
| 1928 | 296,641 | 53.63% | 252,085 | 45.57% | 4,398 | 0.80% |
| 1924 | 246,322 | 61.54% | 110,184 | 27.53% | 43,789 | 10.94% |
| 1920 | 229,238 | 62.72% | 120,721 | 33.03% | 15,559 | 4.26% |
| 1916 | 106,514 | 49.80% | 99,786 | 46.66% | 7,574 | 3.54% |
| 1912 | 68,324 | 35.88% | 74,561 | 39.16% | 47,519 | 24.96% |
| 1908 | 112,915 | 59.43% | 68,255 | 35.92% | 8,833 | 4.65% |
| 1904 | 111,089 | 58.12% | 72,909 | 38.15% | 7,130 | 3.73% |
| 1900 | 102,572 | 56.92% | 74,014 | 41.07% | 3,609 | 2.00% |
| 1896 | 110,285 | 63.24% | 56,740 | 32.54% | 7,365 | 4.22% |
| 1892 | 77,032 | 46.80% | 82,395 | 50.06% | 5,168 | 3.14% |
| 1888 | 74,584 | 48.44% | 74,920 | 48.66% | 4,474 | 2.91% |
| 1884 | 65,898 | 48.01% | 67,182 | 48.95% | 4,177 | 3.04% |
| 1880 | 67,071 | 50.51% | 64,411 | 48.50% | 1,316 | 0.99% |
| 1876 | 59,033 | 48.33% | 61,927 | 50.70% | 1,174 | 0.96% |
| 1872 | 50,314 | 52.41% | 45,695 | 47.59% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1868 | 50,788 | 51.49% | 47,844 | 48.51% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1864 | 44,693 | 51.38% | 42,288 | 48.62% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1860 | 43,486 | 53.86% | 17,364 | 21.50% | 19,895 | 24.64% |
| 1856 | 42,717 | 53.18% | 34,997 | 43.57% | 2,615 | 3.26% |
| 1852 | 30,359 | 45.46% | 33,249 | 49.79% | 3,173 | 4.75% |
| 1848 | 30,318 | 48.59% | 27,051 | 43.35% | 5,029 | 8.06% |
| 1844 | 32,832 | 50.81% | 29,841 | 46.18% | 1,943 | 3.01% |
| 1840 | 31,598 | 55.55% | 25,281 | 44.45% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1836 | 18,799 | 49.35% | 19,294 | 50.65% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1832 | 18,155 | 55.29% | 11,269 | 34.32% | 3,409 | 10.38% |
| 1828 | 13,829 | 71.36% | 4,448 | 22.95% | 1,101 | 5.68% |
| 1824 | 7,494 | 70.39% | 1,965 | 18.46% | 1,188 | 11.16% |
Various kinds of elections in Connecticut occur annually in each of the state's cities and towns, the exact type of which is dependent on the year. Elections for federal and statewide offices occur in even-numbered years, while municipal elections occur in odd-numbered ones. The office of the Connecticut Secretary of State oversees the election process, including voting and vote counting. In a 2020 study, Connecticut was ranked as the 20th easiest state for citizens to vote in.
Historically, Connecticut was a bastion of Republicanism, although this was typically a liberal "Yankee" brand of the Republican Party. From the Civil War to the 1990s, the state voted Republican all but nine times on the presidential level. It only voted Democratic in the elections of 1876, 1888, 1912, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1960, 1964, and 1968. However, since the 1992 election, the state has voted Democratic every time, and since 1996, it has been by double-digit margins.
However, Democrats have controlled the state legislature for all but 13 years since 1959 and have held both Senate seats since 1989, as no Republican has won a Senate seat in the state since 1982. Every seat in the House of Representatives is held by a Democrat, with the last Republican having lost in 2008. That election marked the first time since the 1850s that no Republican represented Connecticut or any state in New England region in the House.

## Offices elected by the people of Connecticut
### Federal

* President: The state of Connecticut is currently apportioned seven United States Electoral College members in presidential elections. In the 2020 election, Joe Biden received 59.3% of votes cast for president, thus winning all of the state's seven electoral votes.
* United States Senate: As with all U.S. states, Connecticut elects two members to the United States Senate. The current senators elected from Connecticut are Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Democrats. Senators serve six-year terms. The most recent U.S. Senate election in the state occurred on November 8, 2022.
* United States House of Representatives: Connecticut currently has five congressional districts, each of which elects one member to the United States House of Representatives. The incumbent five are all members of the Democratic Party. Representatives serve two-year terms. The most recent congressional elections took place in the state on November 8, 2022.

### State

* Governor and Lieutenant Governor: The governor and lieutenant governor are elected to four-year terms in the next even-year election cycle that follows a presidential election. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ballot line, though they run separately in primary elections. The current governor of Connecticut is Ned Lamont, a Democrat who took office in 2019. His lieutenant is Susan Bysiewicz.
* Constitutional Officers: The Constitutional Officers of the state are composed of the state Attorney General, Secretary of the State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. All are elected to four-year terms in the same cycle as gubernatorial elections. The incumbent four officers are all members of the Democratic Party.
* General Assembly: The Connecticut General Assembly is the state's bicameral state legislature. It is composed of two houses:
** Connecticut Senate: The Connecticut Senate is the upper house of the state legislature. There are 36 senatorial districts in the state, each of which elects one member to the Senate. The full Senate is up for election every two years. The most recent election was held on November 8, 2022.
** Connecticut House of Representatives: The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house of the state legislature. There are 151 assembly districts in the state, each of which elects one member to the House. The full House is up for election every two years. The most recent election was held on November 8, 2022.
* Others
** Judges of Probate: Judges of Probate are the only elected members of the judicial branch of government in Connecticut. Judges hold office for a period of four years, their election is held at the same time as gubernatorial elections. The jurisdiction of probate judges extends to the legal affairs of the deceased, some aspects of family law, conservatorship, and other matters. The most recent elections for probate judges were held on November 3, 2020.
** Registrars of Voters: Connecticut state law mandates that each city and town in the state elect one Registrar of Voters from each of the two "major" parties (currently the Democratic and Republican parties) to serve as election administrators and to handle various other election-related affairs in their respective municipality. A third party registrar may be elected in addition to the required Republican and Democrat if such candidate receives more votes than either the Republican or Democratic nominee. This has only happened twice in state history when it occurred in Hartford in 2008 and 2012. The term length and year of election of registrars differs among the state's municipalities.

### Local

Elections for local government include elections for municipal leadership positions (such as mayor or first selectman), legislative bodies (such as a city council or a board of aldermen), and other elections for various municipal positions and boards and commissions, as governed by each municipality's respective charter and/or ordinances. Of the 169 towns and cities in the state, all hold municipal elections in odd-numbered years, and most hold them on the traditional Election Day in November. Fifteen communities in the state, however, hold their municipal elections in May.
Unlike in most U.S. states, there is no form of county government in Connecticut. The eight counties in the state now exist solely for geographical purposes. Governing at the county level was abolished in the state in 1960, and its last holdover, county sheriffs, were eliminated by an amendment to the state constitution in 2000.

## Party affiliation in Connecticut

The majority of Connecticut voters are affiliated with either of the two major political parties, but the plurality of voters have no party affiliation.
The state of Connecticut has a closed primary system, whereby only electors enrolled in a political party can vote in their party's primary election. A registered Republican, for example, is only allowed to participate in Republican primaries, while a voter not affiliated with any political party (called an “unaffiliated” voter in the state) is not allowed to vote in any party primary.
Party registration as of November 1, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Total voters | Percentage |
| | Unaffiliated | 1,033,470 | 41.76% |
| | Democratic | 898,303 | 36.3% |
| | Republican | 502,482 | 20.3% |
| | Minor parties | 40,143 | 1.62% |
| Total | Total | 2,474,398 | 100% |

## Recent election results
### Federal

* Presidential: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
* Senatorial: 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022
* Congressional: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022

### State

* Gubernatorial: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
* Attorney General: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
* State Senate: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2022
* State House: 2010, 2018, 2020, 2022

## Other voter responsibilities

Connecticut has no system of initiative or referendums at the statewide level, but any proposed amendment to the state constitution, after having first been passed by both houses of the state legislature in accordance with Article XII of the Connecticut Constitution, must be ratified by the people of the state via a ballot question. Additionally, in accordance with Article XIII, every 20 years (or 20 years after a constitutional convention was last called for) citizens of the state shall be allowed to vote on whether a constitutional convention to amend or revise the state constitution should be called.
The most recent constitutional amendment proposition was Question 1 in 2022 which allowed the legislature to create a period of early voting for elections in the state of Connecticut. and it passed 60.5% to 39.5%. The most recent constitutional convention question appeared on the ballot on November 4, 2008, and the call for a convention was rejected 847,518 to 579,904.
While there is no statewide initiative or referendums, many municipalities have some form of it for issues of local concern. Additionally, five municipalities afford voters the right to recall local elected public officials, a practice that does not extend to state offices.

### Filling U.S. Senate vacancies

On June 26, 2009, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell signed into law a bill that requires that a special election be called under most circumstances should a vacancy occur in either of Connecticut's two U.S. Senate seats. Prior to this law, the governor of the state had the right to appoint a replacement to fill such vacancies.
Since passed, this law has not yet been used.