Connecticut Voter Guide 2026

Ned Lamont is Connecticut's incumbent governor and a Democratic candidate for re-election. A former business executive, Lamont has emphasized fiscal stability, infrastructure, education, clean energy, and maintaining Connecticut's social services and reproductive-rights protections.

Priorities: Maintain fiscal stability and economic growth · Invest in infrastructure, education, and clean energy · Protect health care and reproductive rights

Josh Elliott is a Democratic candidate for Connecticut governor and a state representative from Hamden. His public work and campaign messaging focus on affordability, housing, health care, labor, and a more progressive direction for state government.

Priorities: Lower housing and health-care costs · Support workers and labor protections · Push a more progressive state agenda

Ryan Fazio is a Republican candidate for Connecticut governor and a state senator from Greenwich. His public profile centers on affordability, energy costs, taxes, public safety, and changing the direction of state government.

Priorities: Lower taxes and energy costs · Improve affordability and economic competitiveness · Strengthen public safety and accountability

Erin Stewart is a Republican candidate for Connecticut governor and the mayor of New Britain. She has built her public profile around municipal management, economic development, public safety, and presenting a pragmatic Republican alternative in state politics.

Priorities: Bring municipal management experience to state government · Improve affordability and economic development · Strengthen public safety and local services

Betsy McCaughey is a Republican candidate for Connecticut governor, former lieutenant governor of New York, author, and health-policy commentator. Her campaign emphasizes taxes, affordability, public safety, parental rights, and conservative state policy.

Priorities: Lower taxes and cost pressure · Strengthen public safety · Advance conservative education and health-policy priorities

Susan Bysiewicz is Connecticut's incumbent lieutenant governor and a Democratic candidate for re-election, serving since 2019 alongside Gov. Ned Lamont. She previously served as secretary of the state.

Priorities: Support small businesses and workforce development · Women's rights · Civic engagement

Matthew Corey is a Republican candidate for Connecticut lieutenant governor, a Hartford small-business owner and Navy veteran who has run for U.S. Senate and House.

Priorities: Lower taxes and costs · Support small business · Public safety

William Tong is Connecticut's incumbent attorney general and a Democratic candidate for re-election, serving since 2019 as the first Asian American elected statewide in Connecticut. He campaigns on consumer protection, health care costs, and defending Connecticut residents' rights.

Priorities: Consumer protection · Health care affordability enforcement · Defend residents' rights

John Bolton is a Republican candidate for Connecticut attorney general on the 2026 ballot.

Stephanie Thomas is Connecticut's incumbent secretary of the state and a Democratic candidate for re-election, serving since 2023. She campaigns on election administration, voter access, and civic education.

Priorities: Secure, accessible elections · Civic education · Business services modernization

Peter Lumaj is a Republican candidate for Connecticut secretary of the state, an attorney who has previously run for the office. He campaigns on voter-ID requirements and election integrity.

Priorities: Voter ID and election integrity · Clean voter rolls · Efficient business filings

Sean Scanlon is Connecticut's incumbent comptroller and a Democratic candidate for re-election, serving since 2023. A former state representative, he campaigns on health care cost control, pension stewardship, and fiscal transparency.

Priorities: Health care cost control · Pension stewardship · Fiscal transparency

Jennifer Tooker is a Republican candidate for Connecticut comptroller, the first selectwoman of Westport with a background in financial services.

Priorities: Fiscal discipline · Pension accountability · Efficient state government

Erick Russell is Connecticut's incumbent treasurer and a Democratic candidate for re-election, serving since 2023 as the first Black openly gay statewide elected official in the U.S. He campaigns on pension-fund performance and expanding the Baby Bonds program.

Priorities: Pension-fund performance · Baby Bonds and family wealth-building · Responsible debt management

Fred Wilms is a Republican candidate for Connecticut treasurer, a former state representative and banking executive campaigning on investment returns and fiscal discipline.

Priorities: Strong investment returns · Fiscal discipline · Pension sustainability