2020 Connecticut elections

2020 Connecticut elections

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The 2020 Connecticut state elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. All necessary primary elections for the Republican and Democratic parties were held on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. ^{[1] [2]}

Federal offices

President of the United States

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election in Connecticut

2020 United States presidential election in Connecticut ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Biden Kamala Harris	1,080,831	59.24%	+4.67%
	Republican	Donald Trump Mike Pence	715,291	39.21%	−1.72%
	Libertarian	Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen	20,227	1.11%	−1.85%
	Green	Howie Hawkins Angela Walker	7,538	0.41%	−0.98%
	Write-in		544	0.03%
Total votes			1,824,280	100.00%

United States House of Representatives

Main article: 2020 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.

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	222,668	63.76%	122,111	34.96%	4,458	1.28%	349,237	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	217,982	59.37%	140,340	38.22%	8,859	2.41%	367,181	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 3	203,265	58.73%	137,596	39.76%	5,240	1.51%	346,101	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 4	223,832	62.15%	130,627	36.27%	5,666	1.57%	360,125	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 5	192,484	55.07%	151,988	43.48%	5,052	1.45%	349,524	100.0%	Democratic hold
Total	1,060,231	59.83%	682,662	38.52%	29,275	1.65%	1,772,168	100.0%

General Assembly

State Senate

Main article: 2020 Connecticut Senate election

Democrats won 24 to the Republicans' 12, expanding their majority by 2 seats.

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24	12
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			2018	2020	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	35	22	24	2	61.11%	925,028	54.82%	1.72%
	Republican	33	14	12	2	38.89%	737,405	43.70%	0.28%
	Independent Party	4 [a]	0	0		0.00%	27,037	1.60%	0.34%
	Working Families	0 [b]	0	0		0.00%	16,695	0.99%	0.47%
	Libertarian	3	0	0		0.00%	2,567	0.15%
	Green	1	0	0		0.00%	952	0.06%	0.02%
	Other parties and Write-ins	5	0	0		0.00%	2,877	0.17%
Total		81	36	36	0	100.00%	1,687,529	100.00%	-

State House of Representatives

Main article: 2020 Connecticut House of Representatives election

Democrats won 97 seats while Republicans won 54.

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97	54
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Seats
		2018	2020	+/-	Strength
	Democratic	92	97	5	64.24%
	Republican	59	54	5	35.76%
Total		151	151	151	100.00%

See also

• Elections in Connecticut
• Political party strength in Connecticut

Notes

1. In addition, the Independent Party of Connecticut cross-endorsed 15 candidates, 6 Democrats and 9 Republicans.
2. In addition, the Working Families Party of Connecticut cross-endorsed 17 candidates, all Democrats.

References

1. Ken Dixon (April 17, 2020). "Connecticut's presidential primary will be delayed further by coronavirus: August 11". Connecticut Post . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
2. "Election Center: 2020 Presidential Election Official Results". Connecticut Secretary of State. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
3. "2020 General Election: President". Connecticut Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2024.

External links

• Connecticut Congressional Races in 2020 for campaign finance data for federal races from OpenSecrets
• Connecticut State Races in 2020 campaign finance data for state races from Follow the Money