Democrats made broad gains Tuesday in Connecticut’s first general election since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, flipping open top-of-ballot seats that had been controlled by Republicans in the Democratic cities of New Britain and Norwich and suburbs of Branford and Westport.

More than 192,271 votes were cast in early voting around Connecticut and hundreds of thousands more were expected Tuesday.

Vernon Mayor Dan Champagne, a Republican, narrowly defeated his Democratic challenger Jeremy Geller by 122 votes.

Gov. Ned Lamont (D) is expected to speak Wednesday about local election results in Connecticut and SNAP funding amid the federal government shutdown. Democrats locally and nationally had a successful night at the polls in Connecticut,

Democrats claimed a wave of resounding victories Tuesday in municipal elections across Connecticut, flipping control of key municipal offices in an off-year test of

With multiple municipal elections running across the state Tuesday, voters turned out to cast their ballot at a steady pace.  Some elections are expected to come down

Democrats flipped 29 seats in Connecticut’s municipal elections, with the state Democratic Party chair calling the results historic.

Duffy is echoing the same Republican line throughout the 36-day record shutdown to blame the other party. Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to reopen the House or swear in Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election more than a month ago.