The CT General Assembly’s top leaders were backed for new terms in 2025 as Democrats claimed 25 seats in the Senate and 102 in the House.
Mark Pazniokas
Mark is the Capitol Bureau Chief and a co-founder of CT Mirror. He is a frequent contributor to WNPR, a former state politics writer for The Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer, and contributor for The New York Times.
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CT Democrats respond to Trump with defiance, grief — and introspection
Lawmakers including Gov. Ned Lamont and Sen. Richard Blumenthal offered degrees of defiance, analysis and self-reflection after Trump’s win
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Democrats gain multiple seats in CT House, preserve majority in CT Senate
The House Democratic majority appeared to make modest gains Tuesday in the Connecticut General Assembly, flipping at least three GOP seats.
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Chris Murphy wins reelection to third U.S. Senate term
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy easily fended off three challengers to claim a third term. The Associated Press called the race soon after polls closed Tuesday.
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Polls close on a quiet Election Day in CT, and the waiting begins
Connecticut voters encountered few problems at the polls by Tuesday evening as they cast ballots in a tight national race for president.
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Your CT legislator is on 2 or 3 ballot lines. What does that say?
Connecticut is among the few states that embrace fusion politics, allowing cross-endorsements that give candidates more than one ballot line.
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On the last weekend before the election, a flurry of rallies
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy led Democrats in a coordinated campaign over the weekend while Republicans fanned out across CT, mostly on their own.
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Ballots in question in North Stonington due to missing signatures
Hundreds of early-voting ballots in North Stonington may not count after election officials told voters not to sign the ballot envelopes.
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CT sending fire suppressions devices to towns for ballot drop boxes
The action is ‘pro-active’ following incidents in Washington and Oregon and is not a reflection of threats in Connecticut, officials said.
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Hartford, E. Hartford promise hard look at combining jobs, services
On a bridge over the river between their cities, Hartford and East Hartford’s mayors outlined a commitment to find ways to share services.
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Trump the third actor at the Murphy-Corey debate
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and Republican challenger Matthew Corey clashed over immigration, inflation, taxation and Donald Trump.
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With Murphy far ahead, Republican Corey says his voice matters
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s Republican opponent is Manchester restaurateur Matthew Corey, who ran unsuccessfully against Murphy in 2018.
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Ballot mixup in Stonington called rare glitch in CT’s early voting
On day two of early voting, as many as 519 Stonington voters were given the wrong ballots. The mistake was one of few significant glitches.
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Voter fraud in elections? Partisanship divides CT and the nation
There is an astonishingly wide partisan divide in CT over how confident voters are that the November election will be counted accurately.
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Rush of early voting continues on second day in Connecticut
The first day of early voting in CT drew 56,000 voters to the polls, about 2.5% of all eligible voters. Strong turnout continued Tuesday.