Perhaps nowhere did the crushing blue wave of Election Night hit harder than in Connecticut’s Senate, where Republican rising stars and seasoned veterans were swept aside unmercifully. Voters booted out Minority Leader Stephen Harding and one of his top deputies, Sen. Heather Somers, along with others including Sen. John Kissel of Enfield, first elected in 1992 and currently the Senate’s ...

Republicans lost as many as eight of their 11 seats in the Connecticut Senate and at least nine in the House, with some races still to be determined early Wednesday morning

Luke Bronin, the former two-term mayor of Hartford, easily fended off a challenge from his Republican opponent Amy Chai to become the newest Democratic congress member from Connecticut since 2019. Bronin, 47, handily won his congressional contest on Tuesday over Chai and Green Party candidate Mary Sanders. Chai, a physician and author from Middletown, came into the race as a relative unknown ...

Democrat Jim Himes wins reelection to U.S. House in Connecticut's 4th Congressional District.

FOX61's Tim Littau looks into Connecticut's biggest races.

In a early sign that Connecticut Republicans sensed a tough night ahead, turnout Tuesday evening was light — and the mood more tense than ebullient — at gubernatorial candidate Ryan Fazio’s post-election gathering. When results came in over the next hours, the vibe turned outright gloomy. Republicans glumly watched vote counts showing they’d lost their fifth chance in a row at the taking the ...