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Elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is August 11, 2026. The filing deadline is June 9, 2026.
The Connecticut House of Representatives is one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
Party control
| As of February 2026 | ||
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| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 102 | |
| Republican | 49 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 151 | |
Candidates
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
- Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
- Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
Primary
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Connecticut
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.
Competitiveness
This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Connecticut. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Open seats
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Connecticut House from 2010 to 2026.[1] It will be updated as information becomes available following the state’s candidate filing deadline.
| Open Seats in Connecticut House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2026 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2026 | 151 | TBD | TBD |
| 2024 | 151 | 10 (7 percent) | 141 (93 percent) |
| 2022 | 151 | 23 (15 percent) | 128 (85 percent) |
| 2020 | 151 | 16 (11 percent) | 135 (89 percent) |
| 2018 | 151 | 17 (11 percent) | 134 (89 percent) |
| 2016 | 151 | 20 (13 percent) | 131 (87 percent) |
| 2014 | 151 | 18 (12 percent) | 133 (88 percent) |
| 2012 | 151 | 19 (13 percent) | 132 (87 percent) |
| 2010 | 151 | 15 (10 percent) | 136 (90 percent) |
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Chapter 153 of the Connecticut Statutes
Major party candidates
If more than one candidate belonging to the same party is running for the same office, a primary election will be held for that office. If there is only a single candidate seeking a party's nomination for an office, that candidate will advance to the general election without running in the primary election.[2][3][4]
A major party candidate may be nominated to run in the primary election in one of two ways: nomination at a convention or nomination by petition.[2]
By nomination at a convention
To be nominated at a convention, a candidate must receive at least 15 percent of the votes cast by convention delegates for the office being sought. After being nominated at a convention, a candidate must file a certificate of nomination with the Connecticut Secretary of State. The certificate must be signed by the candidate, state that the candidate was endorsed by the major party at the convention, and provide the candidate's name as it will appear on the ballot, the candidate's address, and the office being sought by the candidate. The certificate must also be attested to by the chairman, presiding officer, or secretary of the convention.[2][5]
By petition
A candidate who has been nominated by convention cannot be nominated by petition. To be nominated by petition, a major party candidate must collect signatures equal to at least 2 percent of the total number of members enrolled in that major party in the state (5 percent for state legislative candidates) or receive at least 15 percent of convention delegates' votes on any roll-call vote for endorsement. Petition forms to collect those signatures are provided by the Connecticut Secretary of State beginning on the 105th day preceding the primary election for candidates seeking federal or state executive office. Candidates seeking office in the Connecticut State Legislature can retrieve petition forms beginning on the 77th day preceding the primary election.[2]
Petitions must be filed with the registrar of voters in each town in which signatures were collected no later than the 63 days preceding the primary. The registrar of voters must provide a receipt of the petition to the candidate, and the candidate must file a copy of that receipt with the Connecticut Secretary of State. The registrar of voters must then certify the names on the petition and file it with the Connecticut Secretary of State within seven days.[2][6]
Minor party candidates
A minor party candidate whose party has not yet attained qualified status must be nominated by petition. A minor party petition candidate affiliates with his or her party on an "Application for Reservation of Party Designation and Formation of Party Designation Committee." This form must be filed with the Connecticut Secretary of State. On this application, the candidate must indicate a party, whose name includes no more than three words (or no more than 25 letters), and must provide signatures from 25 registered voters in the state. The candidate must also provide the names of two individuals who will be responsible for filing a statement of endorsement qualifying the candidate to run under the party name specified. Candidates for the same minor party for state offices may be included on the same petition. Candidates for all other offices must file separate petitions.[7][8][9]
A minor party candidate whose party has attained qualified status can be nominated without a petition. The presiding officer of the committee or meeting in charge of deciding on nominations is required to certify and file a list of the minor party’s nominees with the Connecticut Secretary of State no later than 62 days prior to the election in which the candidates will be running. The list of nominees must include the following information:[10][11]
- the names of the candidates as they will appear on the ballot
- the signature of each candidate
- the address of each candidate
- the title and office sought by each candidate
Petition candidates
An unaffiliated candidate can petition for ballot access. To do this, the candidate must first file an application for the petition with the Connecticut Secretary of State. The application must include the name of the candidate and a statement signed by the candidate affirming that he or she has consented to place his or her name on the petition. The candidate may then circulate the petition. The candidate must collect signatures from registered, eligible voters equal to 1 percent of the votes cast at the most recent election for the office being sought by the candidate, or 7,500 signatures, whichever is less.[7][12][13]
Once completed, the petition may be filed with either the Connecticut Secretary of State or the town clerk where the candidate resides. If the petition is filed with the town clerk, the town clerk must submit it to the Connecticut Secretary of State within two weeks of receiving it.[7][14]
Write-in candidates
A write-in candidate may only run in the general election. To do so, he or she must register with the Connecticut Secretary of State no earlier than 90 days but no later than 14 days before the general election. The registration must include the candidate's name and address, the office being sought, and a statement of consent to be a candidate. A write-in candidate cannot designate an affiliation with a political party, and no candidate who was nominated by a major or minor party or by petition may run as a write-in candidate.[15][16]
Qualifications
Article III, Section 4 of the Connecticut Constitution states: The house of representatives shall consist of not less than one hundred twenty-five and not more than two hundred twenty-five members, each of whom shall be an elector residing in the assembly district from which he is elected. Each assembly district shall be contiguous as to territory and shall elect no more than one representative. For the purpose of forming assembly districts, no town shall be divided except for the purpose of forming assembly districts wholly within the town.
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2025[17] | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $43,600/year | No per diem is paid. |
When sworn in
Connecticut legislators assume office the Wednesday following the first Monday of January after their election.[18]
Connecticut political history
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
Connecticut Party Control: 1992-2026
Sixteen 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 | 25 | 26 |
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | D | D |
Presidential politics in Connecticut
2024
- See also: Presidential election, 2024
Presidential election in Connecticut, 2024
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D) |
56.4
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992,053 | 7 |
 
| Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R) |
41.9
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736,918 | 0 | |
 
| Jill Stein/Butch Ware (G) |
0.8
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14,281 | 0 | |
 
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Nicole Shanahan (Independent) |
0.5
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8,448 | 0 | |
 
| Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L) |
0.4
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6,729 | 0 | |
 
| Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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264 | 0 | |
 
| Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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162 | 0 | |
 
| Cornel West/Melina Abdullah (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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128 | 0 | |
 
| Shiva Ayyadurai/Crystal Ellis (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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21 | 0 | |
| Cherunda Lynn Fox/Harlan McVay Jr. (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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4 | 0 | |
| Future Madam Potus/Jessica Kennedy (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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2 | 0 | |
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Total votes: 1,759,010 |
2020
- See also: Presidential election, 2020
Presidential election in Connecticut, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
59.3
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1,080,831 | 7 |
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
39.2
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714,717 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.1
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20,230 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.4
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7,538 | 0 | |
 
| Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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255 | 0 | |
 
| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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219 | 0 | |
| Jade Simmons/Claudeliah Roze (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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22 | 0 | |
 
| Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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13 | 0 | |
| Shawn W. Howard/Alyssa Howard (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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12 | 0 | |
 
| Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Independent) |
0.0
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11 | 0 | |
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| Kasey Wells/Rachel Wells (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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6 | 0 | |
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| Mary Ruth Caro Simmons/Sherrie Dow (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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2 | 0 | |
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| Karynn Weinstein/David Weinstein (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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1 | 0 | |
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Total votes: 1,823,857 |
2016
- See also: Presidential election, 2016
| U.S. presidential election, Connecticut, 2016 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic |  Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine |
54.6% | 897,572 | 7 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 40.9% | 673,215 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 3% | 48,676 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 1.4% | 22,841 | 0 | |
| - | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 2,616 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 1,644,920 | 7 | |||
| Election results via: Connecticut Secretary of State | |||||
Connecticut presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 16 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 | 2024 |
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| 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 | D |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
The Connecticut Reapportionment Commission voted 8-0 in favor of new maps for the state's 151 House districts and 36 Senate districts on November 18 and November 23, 2021, respectively.[19][20] The commission, made up of four Democratic lawmakers, four Republican lawmakers, and a ninth member selected by the commissioners, took over the redistricting process after the previous Reapportionment Committee failed to meet its Sept. 15 deadline to select maps and win two-thirds approval from both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly.[21] Census data was not delivered until Sept. 16. Unlike the committee, maps prepared by the Reapportionment Commission did not need to win approval from the General Assembly.[22] This map took effect for Connecticut's 2022 legislative elections.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-400," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-415," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-416," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-388," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-404c," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Connecticut Secretary of State, "Frequently Asked Questions: Nominating Petitions," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453u," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453c," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-452," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-451," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453b," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453d," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453n," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part I, Section 9-377," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part I, Section 9-373a," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2025 Legislator Compensation," December 2, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Constitution, "Article Three, Section 10," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ News 12 Connecticut, "CT Reapportionment Commission unanimously votes to approve new statewide house district map," Nov. 18, 2021
- ↑ CT News Junkie, "Redistricting Commission Tweaks Senate Map," Nov. 23, 2021
- ↑ The ninth member only votes in the event of a tie.
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed Oct. 12, 2021
