Perhaps nowhere did the crushing blue wave of Election Night hit harder than in Connecticut’s Senate, where Republican rising stars and seasoned veterans were swept aside unmercifully. Voters booted out Minority Leader Stephen Harding and one of his top deputies, Sen. Heather Somers, along with others including Sen. John Kissel of Enfield, first elected in 1992 and currently the Senate’s ...

Democrat Jim Himes wins reelection to U.S. House in Connecticut's 4th Congressional District.

Republicans lost as many as eight of their 11 seats in the Connecticut Senate and at least nine in the House, with some races still to be determined early Wednesday morning

Luke Bronin, the former two-term mayor of Hartford, easily fended off a challenge from his Republican opponent Amy Chai to become the newest Democratic congress member from Connecticut since 2019. Bronin, 47, handily won his congressional contest on Tuesday over Chai and Green Party candidate Mary Sanders. Chai, a physician and author from Middletown, came into the race as a relative unknown ...

Ned Lamont defeated Ryan Fazio to become the first Democratic governor elected three times since 1950 in Connecticut.

Luke Bronin, the former Democratic mayor of Hartford, will win the seat representing Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District after ousting longtime Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) in the primary, according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ. Bronin’s win over GOP candidate Amy Chai was largely expected for the solid-blue district, which covers the area around the…