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Last updated: Oct. 14, 2024
Thousands of general elections are taking place across the United States on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices at the federal, state, and local levels. This is one of 50 pages in which Ballotpedia previews the elections happening in each state as part of the Daily Brew’s 50 states in 25 days series.
This page provides an overview of all elections happening in Connecticut within our coverage scope on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include office for one U.S Senator, five U.S. Representatives, 151 state Representatives, and 36 state Senators. There is also one statewide ballot measure on the ballot in Connecticut. On this page, you will also find information regarding:
- How to vote in Connecticut
- The elected offices that Connecticut voters can expect to see on their ballots
- The races in Connecticut that Ballotpedia is covering as battlegrounds
- The ballot measures that voters in Connecticut will decide on
- Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
- The partisan balance of Connecticut's congressional delegation and state government
- Past presidential election results in Connecticut
- The competitiveness of legislative elections in Connecticut
- The candidates who are on the ballot in Connecticut
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Connecticut
What's on the ballot?
2024 elections
- See also: Connecticut elections, 2024
Connecticut voters will elect one U.S. Senator and five U.S. Representatives.
All 151 seats in the state House are up for election, and all 36 seats in the state Senate are up for a regularly scheduled election. There are 10 open seats in the state House and one open seat in the state Senate.
Voters in Connecticut will also decide one statewide ballot measure.
Below is a list of Connecticut elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024. Click the links to learn more about each type:
| Connecticut elections, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Elections? | More information |
| U.S. Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| U.S. House | ✓ | Click here |
| Congress special election | — | — |
| Governor | — | — |
| Other state executive | — | — |
| State Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| State House | ✓ | Click here |
| Special state legislative | ✓ | Click here |
| State Supreme Court | — | — |
| Intermediate appellate courts | — | — |
| School boards | — | — |
| Municipal government | — | — |
| Recalls | — | — |
| Ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
| Local ballot measures | — | — |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Your ballot
- See also: Sample Ballot Lookup
Noteworthy elections
As of October 14, 2024, Ballotpedia has identified one election as a battleground race. Those are the races that we expect to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly compelling.
- Connecticut's 5th Congressional District election, 2024: Incumbent Jahana Hayes (D) and George Logan (R) are running. In 2022, Hayes defeated Logan 50.4%-49.6%. As of Oct. 8, 2024, four major election forecasters differed in their ratings for the general election, with one rating it Likely Democratic and three rating it Lean Democratic.
Ballot measures
- See also: Connecticut 2024 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment | Absentee voting | Authorize the Connecticut State Legislature to pass a law for no-excuse absentee voting |
|
843,153 (58%) |
610,694 (42%) |
Seven ballot measures were on the ballot in Connecticut from 1996 to 2020. Voters approved five measures and rejected two.
State analysis
Partisan balance
Democrats represent all five of the state's U.S. House districts. In the U.S. House, Republicans have a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.
Connecticut also has two Democratic U.S. Senators—Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy. Democrats have a majority in the U.S. Senate. There are 47 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and four independents. Three independents caucus with the Democratic Party, and one other counts towards the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
Democrats have a 24-12 majority in the state Senate and a 98-53 majority in the state House. Democrats have had a majority in the state Senate since 1996 and a majority in the state House since 1986.
Because the governor is a Democrat, Connecticut is one of 17 states with a Democratic trifecta. It has held this status since 2011, when Democrats gained control of the governor's office. Connecticut's attorney general and secretary of state are also Democrats. This makes Connecticut one of 20 states with a Democratic triplex.
Past presidential election results in Connecticut
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
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| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 91.6% of Connecticuters lived in one of the state's six Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 5.1% lived in Litchfield County, the state's one Solid Republican county. Overall, Connecticut was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Connecticut following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Connecticut county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Democratic | 6 | 91.6% | |||||
| Solid Republican | 1 | 5.1% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 1 | 3.2% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 6 | 91.6% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 2 | 8.4% | |||||
State legislative competitiveness
According to Ballotpedia's annual state legislative competitiveness report, Connecticut had a Competitiveness Index of 28.6, ranking it 29th of the 44 states that held elections.
- 11 of the 187 seats up for election were open (6%)
- Nine of the 176 incumbents who ran for re-election faced contested primaries (5%)
- 140 of the 187 seats up for election were contested by both major parties (75%)
2010-2024
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| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Connecticut, 2010-2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 10.2% | 6.0% | 74.9% | 30.4 | 25 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 12.8% | 4.3% | 78.6% | 31.9 | 29 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 12.8% | 5.5% | 71.7% | 30.0 | 20 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 12.3% | 6.1% | 73.8% | 30.7 | 24 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 12.8% | 3.1% | 86.6% | 34.2 | 26 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 9.1% | 2.9% | 80.7% | 30.9 | 28 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 16.0% | 2.5% | 75.4% | 31.3 | 31 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 5.9% | 5.1% | 74.9% | 28.6 | 29 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
In 2024
Hover over column headings to learn more about their contents. Click on headings for more state-specific information.
| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Connecticut, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | ||||||||||||||||||||
| House | 6.6% | 5.0% | 71.5% | 27.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senate | 2.8% | 5.7% | 88.9% | 32.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 5.9% | 5.1% | 74.9% | 28.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
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