| Election Name: | 2018 Connecticut Attorney General election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Connecticut Attorney General election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Connecticut Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Nominee1: | William Tong |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Alliance1: | Working Families Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 715,340 |
| Percentage1: | 52.5% |
| Country: | Connecticut |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Alliance2: | Independent Party of Connecticut |
| Nominee2: | Susan Hatfield |
| Popular Vote2: | 633,360 |
| Percentage2: | 46.5% |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | George Jepsen |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William Tong |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2018 Connecticut Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Connecticut.[1]
Incumbent Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen did not seek re-election.[2] Democratic nominee and state representative William Tong defeated Republican nominee Susan Hatfield.[3]
On August 14, 2018, State representative William Tong won the Democratic primary, defeating US attorney Chris Mattei and state senator Paul Doyle.[4]
On August 14, 2018, assistant state's attorney Susan Hatfield won the Republican primary, defeating former state representative John Shaban.[5]
William Tong won the general election on November 6, 2018, with a 6.01% margin of victory.[6] [7]
Tong won 3 of the 5 congressional districts, while Hatfield won the other 2, both of which elected Democrats.[8]
| District | Tong | Hatfield | Representative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56% | 43% | John B. Larson | |||
| 47% | 52% | Joe Courtney | |||
| 55% | 44% | Rosa DeLauro | |||
| 57% | 42% | Jim Himes | |||
| 48% | 51% | Elizabeth Esty (115th Congress) | |||
| Jahana Hayes (116th Congress) | |||||