2020 Connecticut elections explained

The 2020 Connecticut state elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Any 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

See main article: 2020 United States presidential election in Connecticut.

United States House of Representatives

See 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.

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Others	scope=col colspan=2	Total	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2	!	scope=col colspan=2
scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	222,668	63.76%	122,111	34.96%	4,458	1.28%	349,237	100.0%	Democratic hold
	217,982	59.37%	140,340	38.22%	8,859	2.41%	367,181	100.0%	Democratic hold
	203,265	58.73%	137,596	39.76%	5,240	1.51%	346,101	100.0%	Democratic hold
	223,832	62.15%	130,627	36.27%	5,666	1.57%	360,125	100.0%	Democratic hold
	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

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

State House of Representatives

See 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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=4

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

See also

• Elections in Connecticut
• Political party strength in Connecticut

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ken Dixon . April 17, 2020 . Connecticut's presidential primary will be delayed further by coronavirus: August 11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418135048/https://www.ctpost.com/news/coronavirus/article/Facing-marina-closures-in-coronavirus-pandemic-15208585.php . April 18, 2020 . April 17, 2020 . Connecticut Post.
2. Web site: Election Center: 2020 Presidential Election Official Results . December 10, 2020 . Connecticut Secretary of State.