Ned Lamont and Republican rival Ryan Fazio clashed Tuesday night in the second and final televised gubernatorial debate of the 2026 campaign. The two contenders for the top post in state government met at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville in Eastern Connecticut one week from Election Day on Nov.

Voters watching a blitz of television commercials in the final weeks of the Connecticut governor’s campaign have been swamped by a tsunami of conflicting claims and counterclaims. Some are true, some are false, and many mislead by not telling the entire story. Republican gubernatorial nominee Ryan Fazio has repeatedly said in commercials that Gov. Ned Lamont raised taxes, while Lamont counters ...

One candidate it not deterred by political odds in a traditionally Democratic district where Republicans have won only one House election since a prominent Democratic attorney recaptured the seat in 1986.

Democrats could gain control of multiple New England state legislatures and governorships, potentially turning the region into a near one-party stronghold.

Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District is one of the more competitive seats in the state, on paper, with Joe Courtney facing George Austin.

Sen. Jeff Gordon, the Republican incumbent from Woodstock, says he has made substantial progress in working across the aisle to improve education and target costs for Connecticut residents. He’s also willing to acknowledge federal cuts are harming the state. But a 26-year-old former lobbyist says it’s not enough. Ethan Werstler, a University of Connecticut graduate and third-generation ...

Democrats outnumbered Republicans by nearly a 4-1 margin at the polls Monday in the first of 14 days of early voting in Connecticut, the secretary of the state’s office reported Tuesday. With polls open from 10 a.

Dr. Amy Chai knows she is facing long odds. Chai is trying to become the first Republican to defeat a Democrat in the 1st Congressional District in Greater Hartford since 1956. The 27-town district has been redrawn through the years to favor Democrats, who have reliably won the district since the last Republican won the seat as part of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential landslide. Many of the ...