Susan Bysiewicz is an American politician and attorney who is the 109th lieutenant governor of Connecticut,serving since January 9,2019. She previously served as the 72nd secretary of the state of Connecticut from 1999 to 2011. She was briefly a candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2010,before dropping out to run for Connecticut Attorney General. She was disqualified from running for the office by the Connecticut Supreme Court and announced in 2011 that she was running for the United States Senate in the 2012 election to replace the retiring Joe Lieberman. She lost the Democratic primary to U.S. Representative Chris Murphy,who went on to win the general election.
The 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2010,to elect the 88th Governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Republican Governor Jodi Rell had announced in a press conference in Hartford on November 9,2009,that she would not seek re-election in 2010. The sites Cook Political Report and CQ Politics both rated the election as a toss-up. This was the first open seat gubernatorial election in the state since 1994. As of 2023,this is the last time the Governor’s office in Connecticut changed partisan control.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 6,2012,in conjunction with the 2012 U.S. presidential election,other elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. Primaries to elect Senate candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties were held on Tuesday,August 14,2012.
Elections for state and federal offices for the 2010 election cycle in Connecticut,US,were held on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Any necessary primary elections for the Republican and Democratic parties were held on Tuesday,August 10,2010.
The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the five congressional representatives from the state,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election,a U.S. Senate election,and state legislature races.
The 2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Connecticut,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including Governor of Connecticut.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Connecticut,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Connecticut on November 4,2014. All of Connecticut's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Connecticut's five seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 26,2014.
Luke Aaron Bronin is an American politician and lawyer who was the 67th mayor of Hartford,Connecticut,serving from January 1,2016,to January 1,2024.
The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut,concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. This race's Democratic margin of victory was the closest to the national average of 3.1 points.
Shawn T. Wooden is an American attorney and politician who served as the state treasurer of Connecticut between January 2019 and January 2023. Wooden previously served as a member of the Hartford City Council.
The eighteenth Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Its current representative is Jillian Gilchrest. The district consists of part of the town of West Hartford.
Jillian Marie Gilchrest is an American politician who is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 18th district in Hartford County.
Brandon McGee is a Connecticut politician who formerly served as a state representative and was also a former candidate for Mayor of Hartford. He served four terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives. He was interviewed by Connecticut Public Radio in August 2019.
The 2018 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 6,2018,concurrently with the elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives,to elect members to the Connecticut General Assembly. All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate were up for election. The election resulted in Democrats expanding control in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly,ending the split control in the Senate,that had been in place since the 2016 elections. Primary elections were held on August 14,2018.
Derek Slap is an American politician,journalist,and businessman. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019,serving District 19. In 2019,Slap won a special election,and has since sat in the Connecticut State Senate from District 5.
Joan Rosen Kemler was an American politician who served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1986 to 1987. Governor William A. O'Neill appointed her to the office after Henry E. Parker resigned to work for an investment firm. Kemler was the first woman to serve as state treasurer in Connecticut. She switched parties from Democratic to Republican to run for treasurer in 1990 but lost the election to Francisco L. Borges.
Elections are currently held every four years to elect the mayor of Hartford,Connecticut.
Miles S. Rapoport is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1995 to 1999. A progressive Democrat,he went on to serve as president of Demos and Common Cause.
