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 ...

Connecticut will be host to dozens of “No Kings” rallies on Saturday, but this time, the focus is on early voting.

HARTFORD, Conn. — One of the most contentious legislative races this year got uglier as Gov. Ned Lamont and a Democratic state senator used the same vulgarism to describe an outspoken Republican challenger. The clash came in the bitter battle between state Sen. Martha Marx of New London against longtime radio host Lee Elci, a conservative who is running as a Republican. The two candidates have ...

It all started when Mike Criss tripped and fell on a walkway outside an elementary school. Now, a key Republican town committee has abruptly withdrawn its support of Criss as a state Senate candidate only weeks before the November election following an unusual trip-and-fall lawsuit. New Hartford Republicans are abandoning their backing of Criss, the Harwinton first selectman since 2011 who was ...

Mail-in ballots, or absentee ballots, began going out Oct. 2 in Connecticut for the general election on Nov. 3.

Connecticut Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Fazio joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the race for governor, top issues on mind for voters, and more.

His choices are that he can try to make things better “or I can shake my fist at my TV,” Shea told The Courant in an interview. “You can either talk about it or be about it.”

The WSJ’s Annie Linskey visits a Connecticut town famous for its deep pockets and political fundraising.