Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce, Irineo Cabreros, Nico Chilla, Nate Cohn, Annie Daniel, Saurabh Datar,

Voters in two Connecticut General Assembly districts will get to choose their new representatives this week and next in separate special elections.

CONNECTICUT, USA — Connecticut has been added to the list of states sued by the United States Department of Justice for failing to provide full voter registration lists, DOJ said Tuesday. Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas was sued in her official capacity in a suit filed in United States District Court Tuesday.

Tuesday's election is one of two this month for vacant seats in the CT House of Representatives, each in districts that favor Democrats.

"This is an issue where the commission and the legislature seem to be in line that there is an area of concern."

Five days into the new year, the Connecticut Republican Party has launched its first advertisement of the election cycle, taking aim at Gov. Ned Lamont’s stewardship of the state economy and his penchant for talking up New Haven’s pizza scene.

Arguing that residents were cheated in the November election, Democrats are appealing a court decision that leaves a Republican councilor in office even though he got 910 fewer votes than a

Then-Mayor Erin Stewart speaks during a press conference on October 13, 2025, at New Britain Police headquarters. Stewart seeks to be the first gubernatorial candidate of a major party to receive a pre-convention campaign grant under a new public financing option that became available for the 2026 state elections.

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"We all know that the issue here in Connecticut is affordability, as it is across the country," the GOP leader said.