Tag: Connecticut 2024 elections coverage
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Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D) and George Logan (R) are running in the Nov. 5 general election for Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D) and George Logan (R) are running in the Nov. 5 general election for Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District. This is a rematch from the 2022 general election in which Hayes defeated Logan 50.4%-49.6%. As of Sept. 10, The Cook Report with Amy Walter, Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales, and Larry J. Sabato’s…
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A closer look at Connecticut’s 17 contested state legislative primaries
All 187 seats in the Connecticut General Assembly are up for election in 2024 and there 17 contested state legislative primaries on August 13, 2024. That amounts to 4.5% of all possible state legislative primaries and is above the state’s average of 15.6 contested primaries from 2010 to 2022. There are 15 Democratic primaries and…
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Eleven candidates are running for Connecticut’s five U.S. House districts—tying with 2022 for the second-fewest in the last ten years
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Connecticut was June 11, 2024. Eleven candidates are running for Connecticut’s five U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and six Republicans. That’s an average of 2.2 candidates per district. There was an average of 2.2 candidates per district in 2022, 2.6 candidates per district in…