2018 Connecticut elections explained

Election Name:2018 Connecticut elections
Country:Connecticut
Type:legislative
Ongoing:yes
Previous Election:2014 Connecticut elections
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2020 Connecticut elections
Next Year:2020

The 2018 Connecticut state elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the following offices: Governor and Lieutenant Governor (on one ticket), Attorney General, Secretary of the State, Comptroller, Treasurer, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Connecticut State Senate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, and various others. Primary elections were held on August 14, 2018.[1]

The Democratic Party performed strongly in federal elections with incumbent Democrats winning re-election to all five Connecticut seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by more than 10 points, and incumbent U.S. Senator Chris Murphy winning re-election by 20 points. Democrats also performed strongly in the Connecticut General Assembly, gaining 12 seats in the State House of Representatives and 5 seats in the State Senate. However, this "blue wave" did not transfer to all state elections.[2] Although typically considered a "blue state", no Democrat had won a gubernatorial election in the state by more than 5 points since 1986. This continued in 2018, with Democratic nominee Ned Lamont only winning the governorship by 3 points.

Federal offices

United States Senate

See main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Murphy won re-election against Republican Matthew Corey.

United States House of Representatives

See main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut. Incumbent Democrats won re-election to all five Connecticut seats in the United States House of Representatives.

scope=col rowspan=3Districtscope=col colspan=2Democraticscope=col colspan=2Republicanscope=col colspan=2Othersscope=col colspan=2Totalscope=col rowspan=3Result
scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"!scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"!scope=col colspan=2!scope=col colspan=2
scope=col data-sort-type="number"Votes !scope=col data-sort-type="number"% !scope=col data-sort-type="number"Votes !scope=col data-sort-type="number"% !scope=col data-sort-type="number"Votes !scope=col data-sort-type="number"% !scope=col data-sort-type="number"Votes !scope=col data-sort-type="number"%
166,155 60.61% 96,024 35.03% 11,961 4.36% 274,140 100.0% Democratic hold
167,659 57.99% 102,483 35.45% 18,972 6.56% 289,114 100.0% Democratic hold
163,211 60.40% 95,667 35.40% 11,361 4.20% 270,239 100.0% Democratic hold
168,726 61.21% 103,175 37.43% 3,750 1.36% 275,651 100.0% Democratic hold
142,901 52.80% 115,146 42.54% 12,617 4.66% 270,664 100.0% Democratic hold
Total 808,652 58.61% 512,495 37.14% 58,661 4.25% 1,379,808 100.0%

State offices

Executive

Governor

See main article: 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election. Two-term incumbent Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman were eligible for a third term but declined to run for re-election. Democratic nominees Ned Lamont and his running mate Susan Bysiewicz won the election against Republican nominees Bob Stefanowski and Joe Markley.

Attorney General

See main article: 2018 Connecticut Attorney General election. Two-term incumbent Democratic State Attorney General George Jepsen did not seek re-election. Democratic nominee and state representative William Tong defeated Republican nominee Susan Hatfield.

Secretary of the State

See main article: 2018 Connecticut Secretary of the State election. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of the State Denise Merrill won re-election to a third term against Republican nominee Susan Chapman.

Comptroller

See main article: 2018 Connecticut State Comptroller election. Two-term incumbent Democratic State Comptroller Kevin Lembo won re-election to a third term against Republican nominee Kurt Miller.

Treasurer

See main article: 2018 Connecticut State Treasurer election. Five-term incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Denise Nappier did not seek re-election. Democratic nominee Shawn Wooden defeated Republican nominee Thad Gray.

General Assembly

State Senate

See main article: 2018 Connecticut State Senate election. Democrats won 23 seats while Republicans won 13, expanding their majority by 5 seats.

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2313
DemocraticRepublican
PartiesCandidatesSeatsPopular Vote
align=center 2016align=center 2018align=center +/-align=center Strengthalign=center Votealign=center %align=center Change
Democraticalign=center 36align=center 18align=center 23align=center 5align=right 63.89%align=right 725,644align=right 53.10%align=right 4.52%
Republicanalign=center 34align=center 18align=center 13align=center 5align=right 36.11%align=right 593,346align=right 43.42%align=right 2.92%
Independent Partyalign=center 1 align=center 0align=center 0align=center
align=right 0.00%align=right 26,513align=right 1.94%align=right 0.74%
Working Familiesalign=center 0 align=center 0align=center 0align=center
align=right 0.00%align=right 19,966align=right 1.46%align=right 0.57%
Greenalign=center 3align=center 0align=center 0align=center
align=right 0.00%align=right 1,077align=right 0.08%align=right 0.15%
align=center colspan="2" Totalalign=center 74align=center 36align=center 36align=center 0align=center 100.00%align=center 1,366,546align=center 100.00%align=center -

State House of Representatives

See main article: 2018 Connecticut House of Representatives election. Democrats won 92 seats while Republicans won 59, expanding their majority by 12 seats.

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9259
DemocraticRepublican
Parties! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=4
Seats
align=center 2016align=center 2018align=center +/-align=center Strength
Democraticalign=center 80align=center 92align=center 12align=center 60.93%
Republicanalign=center 71align=center 59align=center 12align=center 39.07%
Total151151151100.00%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Connecticut elections, 2018 . . 19 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Kara . Jake . A blue wave? Actually, the blues got bluer, but the reds also got redder . . Bruce Putterman . 9 November 2018 . 19 February 2024.

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