CT Election Guide

With the downballot tickets decided for November in Connecticut. Here are the matchups Attorney General William Tong (D) vs John Bolton (R) Treasurer Erick Russell (D) vs Fred Wilms (R) Comptroller Sean Scanlon (D) vs Jen Tooker (R) Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas (D) vs Peter Lumaj (R)

There will be a primary for Governor on the Democratic side, Governor Lamont will face off against State Rep. Josh Elliott However the rest of the slate, all Democratic incumbents will be unopposed in the primary Lieutenant Governor Susan Byscwicz Attorney General William Tong Treasurer Erick Russell Comptroller Sean Scanlon Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas

Connecticut Governor Party Endorsement Results # of Delegates Ned Lamont (Inc.) - 1468 (74.6%) Josh Elliott - 501 (25.4%) Governor Ned Lamont wins the party endorsement, but as challenger Josh Elliott received at least 15% of delegates. They will face off in August primary.

There will no primaries on the GOP side for Statewide Offices GOP slate is as follows Ryan Fazio for Governor Matthew Corey for Lieutenant Governor Peter Lumaj for Secretary of the State Jen Tooker for Comptroller Fred Wilms for Treasurer John Bolton for attorney general.

State Rep. Tim Ackert withdrew during the roll call of delegates. Though he was passed the 15% delegate threshold, he was far behind Matthew Corey who is now the GOP Lt. Gov nominee.

After taking a commanding lead with delegates and Betsy McCaughey not getting above 15% of delegates. State Sen. Ryan Fazio will be the GOP nominee for Governor

State Representative Tim Ackert has paused CT GOP roll call for LG to withdraw. Matt Corey is party nominee. Ackert was Erin Stewart’s running mate and ill-informed defender through several weeks of revelations.

A McCaughey moment. Betsy McCaughey withdraws and endorses Ryan Fazio for governor of Connecticut.

Today is Day 2 of the GOP convention. Party endorsements will be decided for Gov and Lt. Gov. Today is also the Democratic convention for the party endorsement for statewide offices, headlined by Gov Ned Lamont facing a challenge from State Rep. Josh Elliott for the endorsement. No other incumbent is expected to face a challenge but we will see if anything develops.

Day 1 of Friday's GOP convention also decided primaries in congressional races. There will be 3 primary races (3rd,4th, 5th Congressional seats) (Candidate with party endorsement is marked with a *) District 1 - Amy Fogelstrom Chai* District 2 - George Patrick Austin* District 3 - Chris Lancia* vs Rafael Irizarry District 4 - Michael Goldstein* vs Daniel Miressi District 5 - Chris Shea* vs Jonathan De Barros

The 1st day of the Republican convention on Friday established GOP nominees for CT's downballot offices in November. Peter Lumaj for Secretary of the State Jen Tooker for Comptroller Fred Wilms for Treasurer John Bolton for attorney general. These 4 did not face any competition and were nominated by acclamation.

@ECaliberSeven And Connecticut on top of it had a tied State Senate (18-18) in 2017, with the Democratic Lt. Gov able to break ties. So even that wasn't fully Democratic controlled.

Underrated dynamic rn is that under Biden, Dems actually held their own downballot for Gov & Leg, giving them the ability to, among other things, fight the gerrymandering war. If this war happened in 2017, after the catastrophic Obama-era losses, it would’ve been a bloodbath.

@CoreyWFrate No GOP challenger in these Fairfield County seats yet. SD-23 - Gaston SD-25 - Duff SD-27 - Miller

@ctelectionguide Which of those 11 seats, if any, are in/partially in Fairfield county?

With less than 4 weeks until the June 9 filing deadline: 🔵 Democrats have candidates in all 36 State Senate races. 🔴 Republicans have candidates in 25 of 36 State Senate races. The 11 seats where the GOP haven’t fielded a candidate all voted for Kamala Harris by 14+ points.

@CTIronman SD-11 DEM - Al Paolilo GOP - SD-13 - DEM - Jack Fazzino, Jim Jinks GOP - SD-26 - DEM - Lucy Dathan, Sam Nestor GOP - Alma Sarelli SD-28 DEM - Rob Blanchard GOP - Amybeth Laroche SD-36 DEM - Jill Oberlander, Janet Stone McGuigan GOP - Joe Kelly

@ctelectionguide Are there candidates for each of these seats?

All 36 State Senate incumbents have announced their plans for the cycle. 31 incumbents are running for another term. There are 5 open seats this cycle. SD-11 - Looney (Retiring) SD-13 - Hochadel (Retiring) SD-26 - Maher (Retiring) SD-28 - Hwang (Retiring) SD-36 - Fazio (Running for Governor)

State Sen. John Fonfara (D-Hartford) formed a campaign committee today to run for re-election for a 16th term to the 1st State Senate seat. Fonfara should have no issue holding onto this Harris+38 seat that contains the South-end of Hartford and parts of Wethersfield.

Democrat Wildaliz Bermudez is the first Democrat to form a campaign committee for the open 97th State House seat held by State Rep. Al Paolillo, Jr (D-New Haven) who is running for State Senate. Bermudez is the New Haven Fair Rent Commission Executive Director and a former Hartford City Council Member. The Democratic Primary will be tantamount to victory in this Harris +37 seat.