Democratic Party of Connecticut

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Democratic Party of Connecticut
Chairperson Roberto Alves
Governor Ned Lamont
Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz
Senate President pro tempore Martin Looney
House Speaker Matthew Ritter
Headquarters Hartford, CT
Membership (2024)900,721 [1]
Ideology Modern liberalism
Colors  Blue
State House
102 / 151
State Senate
25 / 36
Statewide Executive Offices
6 / 6
U.S. House of Representatives
5 / 5
U.S. Senate
2 / 2
Election symbol
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Website
www.ctdems.org

The Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee (CT Dems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Connecticut. Its chair is Roberto L. Alves. [2]

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It is the dominant party in the state. Connecticut Democrats control both chambers of the state legislature, all constitutional state offices, all five of Connecticut's seats in the United States House of Representatives, and both of its seats in the United States Senate.

Current elected officials

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

Democrats have controlled both of Connecticut's seats in the U.S. Senate since 1988: [note 1]

U.S. House of Representatives

Democrats have controlled all five seats Connecticut is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008:

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1st John B. Larson
John Larson Democratic Caucus Portrait.jpg
2nd Joe Courtney
Rep. Joe Courtney Portrait 2024 (cropped).jpg
3rd Rosa DeLauro
Rosa DeLauro (cropped).jpg
4th Jim Himes
Jim Himes Official Portrait, 117th Congress (cropped).jpg
5th Jahana Hayes
Jahana Hayes, official portrait, 116th Congress (cropped).jpg

Statewide offices

Democrats have controlled all six of the elected statewide offices since 2010:

State legislature leaders

Municipal

The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Connecticut:

List of chairs of the Connecticut Democratic Party

ChairmanTownTenure
Roberto Alves Danbury2025 - present
Nancy DiNardo Trumbull2020-2025
Nancy Wyman Tolland2019-2020
Nick BallettoGuilford2015-2019
Nancy DiNardo Trumbull2005-2015
George Jepsen Greenwich2003-2005
John W. OlsenGreenwich2001-2002
Edward L. Marcus Branford1992-2001
John Droney West Hartford1986-1992
Timothy Moynihan East Hartford1985-1986
James M. FitzgeraldEast Hartford1980-1985
John N. Dempsey Jr.Hartford1978-1980
William A. O'Neill East Hampton1975-1978
John M. Bailey Hartford1946-1975
John A. McGuire Wallingford1946
Adrian W. MaherStratford1944-1945
John M. Dowe Danielson1942-1944
John T. McCarthyNewtown1940-1942
J. Francis SmithWaterbury1934-1940
David A. WilsonHartford1932-1934
Patrick B. O'Sullivan Orange1930-1931
James J. WalshMeriden1925-1930
Edward M. YoemansAndover1922-1925
David E. FitzgeraldNew Haven1914-1922
George ForsterRockville1912-1914
Charles W. Comstock Norwich1906-1912
John J. WalshNorwalk1902-1906
Charles F. ThayerNorwich1900-1902
Melbert B. Cary Ridgefield1898-1900
Alexander TroupNew Haven1897-1898
Clinton B. DavisHigganum1895-1897

Notes

  1. ↑ Joe Lieberman won the 1988 election as a Democrat. Lieberman left the party and became an Independent in 2006 but continued to caucus with Senate Democrats until his retirement in 2012.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics and Data". Connecticut Secretary of the State.
  2. ↑ "Nancy Wyman elected chairman for CT Democrats". CT Post. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
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