Connecticut's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

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Connecticut's 5th Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: June 11, 2024
	Primary: August 13, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Voting in Connecticut
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic; DDHQ and The Hill: Lean Democratic; Inside Elections: Lean Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
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Connecticut 2024 elections

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Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D) defeated George Logan (R) in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for Connecticut's 5th Congressional District.^[1]^[2]

This was a rematch from the 2022 general election in which Hayes defeated Logan 50.4%-49.6%. Major election forecasters differed in their ratings of the election, with one rating it Likely Democratic and three rating it Lean Democratic.

Hayes was first elected to the U.S. House in 2018. Hayes received an associate degree from Connecticut State Naugatuck Valley, a bachelor's degree from Southern Connecticut State University, and a master's degree from the University of Saint Joseph. Hayes worked as a high school teacher and talent and professional development supervisor for Waterbury Public Schools.^[3]

Hayes' campaign website said her priorities were "equitable access to quality education, affordable health care for everyone, food security, labor, agriculture, and the environment."^[4] Hayes said she would work to increase funding for public education, for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and for wider collective bargaining rights.^[5]

Logan served in the Connecticut Senate from 2017-2021. Logan received a bachelor's degree from Trinity College and a master's degree from the University of Bridgeport. He was the director of community relations for Aquarion Water Company and served on the boards of BHCare, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, and the Griffin Hospital.^[6]

In a campaign advertisement, Logan said, "I'll never compromise my values, but I will compromise to put money back in your pockets, compromise to protect social security and medicare, compromise to make our communities safer."^[7] Logan's campaign website said he would oppose legislation he believed would increase inflation, support domestic and renewable energy production, and work to provide essential resources for police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services.^[8]

Based on third quarter reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Hayes raised $4 million and spent $3.3 million and Logan raised $2.6 million and spent $2.3 million. To review all the campaign finance figures in full detail, click here.

Connecticut's 5th Congressional District was one of 37 congressional districts with a Democratic incumbent or an open seat that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) targeted in 2024. To read about NRCC targeting initiatives, click here. For a complete list of NRCC targeted districts, click here.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

Incumbent Jahana Hayes defeated George Logan in the general election for U.S. House Connecticut District 5 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jahana Hayes (D / Working Families Party)	53.4	180,268
	George Logan (R)	46.6	157,258
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	79

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 337,605
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jahana Hayes advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. George Logan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michelle Botelho (R)

Voting information

See also: Voting in Connecticut

Election information in Connecticut: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 18, 2024
Online: Oct. 18, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
By mail: N/A by N/A
Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 21, 2024 to Nov. 3, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (EST)

Candidate comparison

Candidate profiles

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Jahana Hayes

Party: Democratic Party, Working Families Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office:

U.S. House of Representatives, Connecticut District 5 (Assumed office: 2019)

Biography: Hayes received an associate's degree from Connecticut State Naugatuck Valley, a bachelor's degree from Southern Connecticut State University, and a master's degree from the University of Saint Joseph. She worked as a high school history teacher and talent and professional development supervisor for Waterbury Public Schools.

Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

On education, Hayes' campaign website said, "Education provides a foundation for economic stability and the beginnings of a lifelong capacity for empathy, compassion, and generosity. Our public schools are in need of robust investment to remedy inequities, provide much needed resources, and support teachers and staff."

On veterans, Hayes campaign website said, "I have continually supported proposals that would bolster funding for the VA, provide job and educational opportunities for veterans, and provide support to Gold Star families."

On the economy, Hayes' campaign website said, "Ensuring workers are safe in their workplaces, make a living wage, and can collectively bargain to improve conditions has been a top priority for me."

Show sources

Sources: Jahana Hayes 2024 campaign website, "Issues," accessed September 16, 2024; Linkedin, "Jahana Hayes," accessed September 16, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Connecticut District 5 in 2024.

George Logan

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office:

Connecticut Senate, District 17 (2017-2021)

Biography: Logan received a bachelor's degree from Trinity College and a master's degree from the University of Bridgeport. He worked as the director of community relations for Aquarion Water Company and served as a board member of BHCare, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, and the Griffin Hospital.

Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

On inflation, Logan's campaign website said, "George will oppose massive spending packages that lead to out-of-control inflation, which is hurting our families, seniors, and veterans."

On gas prices, Logan's campaign website said, "George will support American energy independence in order to reduce gas prices and continue working towards clean energy solutions here at home."

On emergency response services, Logan's campaign website said, "George will always support our law enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMS and work to provide them with the necessary resources needed to protect our families and students."

Show sources

Sources: George Logan 2024 campaign website, "Priorities," accessed September 16, 2024; Linkedin, "George S Logan," accessed September 16, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Connecticut District 5 in 2024.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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No candidate in this race completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign ads

Jahana Hayes

August 27, 2024

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George Logan

August 23, 2024

August 23, 2024

October 2, 2023

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Election competitiveness

Polls

See also: Ballotpedia's approach to covering polls

Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.^[9] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."^[10] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.

The links below show polls for this race aggregated by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, where available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation.

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Race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[11]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Race ratings: Connecticut's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2024	October 29, 2024	October 22, 2024	October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Lean Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Endorsements

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Click the links below to see official endorsement lists published on candidate campaign websites for any candidates that make that information available. If you are aware of a website that should be included, please email us.

Candidate Jahana Hayes

Election spending

Campaign finance

Name

Party

Receipts*

Disbursements**

Cash on hand

Date

Jahana Hayes

Democratic Party

$4,218,172

$4,055,864

$522,551

As of December 31, 2024

George Logan

Republican Party

$3,011,060

$3,010,026

$13,130

As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.^[15]^[16]

If available, satellite spending reports by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and OpenSecrets.org are linked below. FEC links include totals from monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports. OpenSecrets.org compiles data from those reports as well as 24- and 48-hour reports from the FEC.^[17]

Details about satellite spending of significant amounts and/or reported by media are included below those links. The amounts listed may not represent the total satellite spending in the election. To notify us of additional satellite spending, email us.

By candidate	By election
Jahana Hayes George Logan	Open Secrets Federal Election Commission

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Competitiveness
Presidential elections

State party control

Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Connecticut.

Connecticut U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	5	5	0	11	10	0	1	10.0%	0	0.0%
2022	5	5	0	11	10	0	1	10.0%	0	0.0%
2020	5	5	0	13	10	0	2	20.0%	0	0.0%
2018	5	5	1	13	10	1	1	20.0%	0	0.0%
2016	5	5	0	12	10	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2014	5	5	0	10	10	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Connecticut in 2024. Information below was calculated on August 6, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Eleven candidates ran for Connecticut’s five U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and six Republicans. That’s an average of 2.2 candidates per district. There was an average of 2.2 candidates per district in 2022, 2.6 candidates per district in 2020, and 2.6 in 2018.

The number of candidates who ran for the U.S. House in Connecticut in 2024 was tied with 2022 for the second-fewest in the last 10 years.

No districts were open in 2024, meaning all incumbents ran for re-election. One district was open in 2018, the only election cycle in the last 10 years in which a district was open.

Three candidates—one Democrat and two Republicans—ran for the 4th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a district in Connecticut in 2024.

The Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District was the only contested primary in 2024.

No incumbents ran in a contested primary in 2024 for the sixth consecutive election cycle.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all five districts, meaning no seats are guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Connecticut's 5th the 191st most Democratic district nationally.^[18]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Connecticut's 5th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
54.6%	43.9%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.^[19] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
51.3	47.3	D+4.0

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Connecticut, 2020

Connecticut presidential election results (1900-2020)

15 Democratic wins
16 Republican wins

Year	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
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

See also: Party control of Connecticut state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Connecticut's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Connecticut
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	5	7
Republican	0	0	0
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	5	7

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Connecticut's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Connecticut, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Ned Lamont
Lieutenant Governor	Susan Bysiewicz
Secretary of State	Stephanie Thomas
Attorney General	William Tong

State legislature

Connecticut State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	24
	Republican Party	12
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		36

Connecticut House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	98
	Republican Party	53
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		151

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Connecticut Party Control: 1992-2024
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	I	I	I	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Election context

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Connecticut in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Connecticut, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Connecticut	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	2% of registered party members in the district	N/A	6/11/2024	Source
Connecticut	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	1% of votes cast for the office in the last election, or 7,500, whichever is less	N/A	8/7/2024	Source

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.