2022 Connecticut elections

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2022 Connecticut elections
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  2021 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)2023 

The 2022 Connecticut elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on August 9, 2022. [1]

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Federal

United States House of Representatives

Incumbent Democrats won re-election to all five Connecticut seats in the United States House of Representatives.

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal won re-election against Republican Leora Levy.

State

Executive

Governor

Incumbent Democratic governor Ned Lamont and lieutenant governor Susan Bysiewicz won re-election against Republicans Bob Stefanowski and Laura Devlin.

Attorney general

Incumbent Democratic attorney general William Tong won re-election against Republican Jessica Kordas.

Secretary of state

Democrat Stephanie Thomas won the election against Republican Dominic Rapini.

State Comptroller

Democrat Sean Scanlon won the election against Republican Mary Fay.

State treasurer

Democrat Erick Russell won the election against Republican Harry Arora.

Legislative

Connecticut House of Representatives

Democrats won 98 seats while Republicans won 53, expanding their majority by one seat.

Connecticut State Senate

Democrats won 24 seats while Republicans won 12, expanding their majority by one seat.

Constitutional amendment

Question 1 was a constitutional amendment proposition in Connecticut to authorize the state legislature to create a period of early voting for elections in the state of Connecticut. The amendment passed with 60.5% of the vote.

Question 1 [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes687,38560.53
No448,29539.47
Total votes1,135,680100.00

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References

  1. "Connecticut elections, 2022". Ballotpedia . Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  2. "2022 State of Connecticut Question 1 Results". Connecticut Secretary of the State. Retrieved February 13, 2024.