More than 192,271 votes were cast in early voting around Connecticut and hundreds of thousands more were expected Tuesday.
Democrats made broad gains Tuesday in Connecticut’s first general election since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, flipping open top-of-ballot seats that had been controlled by Republicans in the Democratic cities of New Britain and Norwich and suburbs of Branford and Westport.
Gov. Ned Lamont (D) spoke Wednesday about local election results in Connecticut and SNAP funding amid the federal government shutdown. Democrats locally and nationally had a successful night at the polls.
Democrats flipped 29 seats in Connecticut’s municipal elections, with the state Democratic Party chair calling the results historic.
There are plenty of new faces to get used to across Connecticut, including Jennifer, a petitioning candidate who won in Middlebury.
Connecticut’s U.S. senators said the election results show voters want Democrats to keep pushing on health care amid the government shutdown.
According to Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas, most voters know when it's time to choose their mayor, but many don't know about smaller local races.
With multiple municipal elections running across the state Tuesday, voters turned out to cast their ballot at a steady pace.  Some elections are expected to come down