United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2020

Elections in Connecticut, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Oct. 27
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: Yes
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: N/A
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: Non-photo ID
• Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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2020 U.S. House Elections in Connecticut

Primary Date August 11, 2020

Partisan breakdown • Candidates

Connecticut's District Pages District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5

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2020 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Connecticut took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected five candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's five congressional districts.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
June 11, 2020	August 11, 2020	November 3, 2020

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Connecticut modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee/mail-in ballot applications were sent to all registered voters in the general election. Voters could cite concern over COVID-19 as a reason for voting absentee in the general election.
• Candidate filing procedures: The filing deadlines for major-party and unaffiliated candidates were extended by two days, to June 11, 2020, and August 7, 2020, respectively.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 3 election, the Democratic Party held all five congressional seats from Connecticut.

Members of the U.S. House from Connecticut -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2020	After the 2020 Election
	Democratic Party	5	5
	Republican Party	0	0
Total		5	5

Incumbents

Heading into the 2020 election, the incumbents for the five congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
John Larson	Democratic	1
Joe Courtney	Democratic	2
Rosa DeLauro	Democratic	3
James Himes	Democratic	4
Jahana Hayes	Democratic	5

Voting in Connecticut

See also: Voting in Connecticut

2020 election results

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Click the links below for more information on Connecticut elections in 2020:

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Battleground races

Ballotpedia has identified the following Connecticut elections as battlegrounds:  

Candidates

District 1

General election candidates

• John Larson  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ✔
• Mary Fay  (Republican Party)
• Tom McCormick  (Green Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• John Larson (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Mary Fay ✔
• Jim Griffin

Did not make the ballot:

• Betty Dang

District 2

General election candidates

• Joe Courtney  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ✔
• Justin Anderson  (Republican Party) 
• Cassandra Martineau  (Green Party) 
• Daniel Reale  (Libertarian Party)

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 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Joe Courtney (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Justin Anderson ✔ 
• Thomas Gilmer (unofficially withdrew) 

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District 3

General election candidates

• Rosa L. DeLauro  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ✔
• Margaret Streicker  (Republican Party, Independent Party)
• Justin Paglino  (Green Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Rosa L. DeLauro (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Margaret Streicker ✔

District 4

General election candidates

• Jim Himes  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Jonathan Riddle  (Republican Party)
• Brian Merlen  (Independent Party) 
• Yusheng Peng  (Independent) (Write-in)

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 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Jim Himes (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Brian Merlen 

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 Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Jonathan Riddle ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• TJ Elgin 
• Michael Goldstein

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District 5

General election candidates

• Jahana Hayes  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ✔
• David Xavier Sullivan  (Republican Party)
• Bruce Walczak  (Independent Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Jahana Hayes (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• David Xavier Sullivan ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Peter Robert Barresi
• Robert Hyde 
• Ryan Meehan
• Ruben Rodriguez

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Candidate ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Connecticut in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Connecticut, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
Connecticut	1st Congressional District	Democratic	3,018	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	2nd Congressional District	Democratic	2,191	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	3rd Congressional District	Democratic	3,183	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	4th Congressional District	Democratic	2,502	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	5th Congressional District	Democratic	2,216	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	1st Congressional District	Republican	627	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	2nd Congressional District	Republican	795	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	3rd Congressional District	Republican	655	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	4th Congressional District	Republican	770	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	5th Congressional District	Republican	790	2% of party members in the district (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	6/11/2020	Source
Connecticut	1st Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,919	1% of all votes cast for the same office in the last election (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	8/7/2020	Source
Connecticut	2nd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	2,024	1% of all votes cast for the same office in the last election (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	8/7/2020	Source
Connecticut	3rd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,892	1% of all votes cast for the same office in the last election (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	8/7/2020	Source
Connecticut	4th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,930	1% of all votes cast for the same office in the last election (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	8/7/2020	Source
Connecticut	5th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,895	1% of all votes cast for the same office in the last election (reduced to 70% of statutory requirement in response to COVID-19 outbreak)	N/A	N/A	8/7/2020	Source

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
• Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
• Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020

External links

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Footnotes

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Connecticut's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Richard Blumenthal (D)

Christopher Murphy (D)

Representatives

District 1

John Larson (D)

District 2

Joe Courtney (D)

District 3

Rosa DeLauro (D)

District 4

Jim Himes (D)

District 5

Jahana Hayes (D)

Democratic Party (7)