State legislators have talked about taxing Connecticut’s wealthy to finance relief for the poor and middle class, but for most of the past eight years, it’s only been talk. Because doing otherwise meant crossing one of Gov. Ned Lamont’s deepest lines in the political sand. But after winning historic majorities Tuesday in the state House and Senate, Democratic legislators — who campaigned on ...

Perhaps nowhere did the crushing blue wave of Election Night hit harder than in Connecticut’s Senate, where Republican rising stars and seasoned veterans were swept aside unmercifully. Voters booted out Minority Leader Stephen Harding and one of his top deputies, Sen. Heather Somers, along with others including Sen. John Kissel of Enfield, first elected in 1992 and currently the Senate’s ...

Democrat Ned Lamont won election Tuesday as governor of Connecticut, defeating Republican Ryan Fazio. Lamont, a former cable entrepreneur, will serve a third term. Fazio is a state senator

Luke Bronin, the former two-term mayor of Hartford, easily fended off a challenge from his Republican opponent Amy Chai to become the newest Democratic congress member from Connecticut since 2019. Bronin, 47, handily won his congressional contest on Tuesday over Chai and Green Party candidate Mary Sanders. Chai, a physician and author from Middletown, came into the race as a relative unknown ...

Jahana Hayes, who first took the spotlight 10 years ago as the hometown hero winning the National Teacher of the Year award, thanked supporters Tuesday night after winning a fifth term representing northwestern Connecticut in Congress.

FOX61's Tim Littau looks into Connecticut's biggest races.

In a early sign that Connecticut Republicans sensed a tough night ahead, turnout Tuesday evening was light — and the mood more tense than ebullient — at gubernatorial candidate Ryan Fazio’s post-election gathering. When results came in over the next hours, the vibe turned outright gloomy. Republicans glumly watched vote counts showing they’d lost their fifth chance in a row at the taking the ...