United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2022
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected five candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's five U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for August 9, 2022. The filing deadline was June 7, 2022.
Partisan breakdown
| Members of the U.S. House from Connecticut -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 5 | 5 | |
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 5 | |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- John Larson (Incumbent) (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ✔
- Larry Lazor (Republican Party)
- Mary L. Sanders (Green Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- John Larson (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
District 2
General election candidates
- Joe Courtney (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Mike France (Republican Party)
- Kevin Blacker (Green Party)
- William Hall (Libertarian Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Joe Courtney (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
District 3
General election candidates
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Lesley DeNardis (Republican Party)
- Justin Paglino (Green Party)
- Amy Chai (Independent Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 4
General election candidates
- Jim Himes (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Jayme Stevenson (Republican Party, Independent Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Jim Himes (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 5
General election candidates
- Jahana Hayes (Incumbent) (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ✔
- George Logan (Republican Party, Independent Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Jahana Hayes (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Connecticut's 1st Congressional District
- Connecticut's 2nd Congressional District
- Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District
- Connecticut's 4th Congressional District
- Connecticut's 5th Congressional District
Ballot access
For information on candidate ballot access requirements in Connecticut, click here.
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District maps - A map of the state's districts before and after redistricting.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below were the district maps in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the maps in place before the election.
Connecticut Congressional Districts
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Connecticut Congressional Districts
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Connecticut.
| Connecticut U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2022 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Connecticut in 2022. Information below was calculated on July 21, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Eleven candidates filed to run for Connecticut's five U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and six Republicans. That's 2.2 candidates per district, down from 2.6 in 2020 and 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Connecticut was apportioned five districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. The 11 candidates who filed to run this year were the fewest since 2014, when 10 candidates ran, and down from 13 in 2020 and 2018.
All incumbents filed to run for re-election, meaning there were no open seats this year. The 5th district was the only Connecticut U.S. House seat to have opened up this past decade. It was open in 2012 after incumbent Rep. Chris Murphy (D) decided to run for the U.S. Senate, and again in 2018, when incumbent Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D) didn’t file for re-election.
The Republican primary in the 4th district was the only contested primary this year. That was down from two in 2020 and 2018. No incumbents faced primary challengers. Republican and Democratic candidates filed to run in all five districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.
Presidential elections
As a result of redistricting following the 2020 census, many district boundaries changed. As a result, analysis of the presidential vote in each of these new districts is not yet available. Once that analysis is available, it will be published here.
Connecticut presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 15 Democratic wins
- 16 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Connecticut's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Connecticut, November 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 5 | 7 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Connecticut's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
| State executive officials in Connecticut, November 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Secretary of State | |
| Attorney General | |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Connecticut General Assembly as of November 2022.
Connecticut State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 23 | |
| Republican Party | 13 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | |
Connecticut House of Representatives
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 97 | |
| Republican Party | 54 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 151 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Connecticut was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Connecticut Party Control: 1992-2022
Twelve years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | I | I | I | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
The Connecticut Reapportionment Commission voted 8-0 in favor of new maps for the state's 151 House districts and 36 Senate districts on November 18 and November 23, 2021, respectively.[5][6] The commission, made up of four Democratic lawmakers, four Republican lawmakers, and a ninth member selected by the commissioners, took over the redistricting process after the previous Reapportionment Committee failed to meet its Sept. 15 deadline to select maps and win two-thirds approval from both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly.[7] Census data was not delivered until Sept. 16. Unlike the committee, maps prepared by the Reapportionment Commission did not need to win approval from the General Assembly.[8] This map took effect for Connecticut's 2022 legislative elections.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ News 12 Connecticut, "CT Reapportionment Commission unanimously votes to approve new statewide house district map," Nov. 18, 2021
- ↑ CT News Junkie, "Redistricting Commission Tweaks Senate Map," Nov. 23, 2021
- ↑ The ninth member only votes in the event of a tie.
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed Oct. 12, 2021
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