Elections

Connecticut Senate Democrats want state election officials to restrict how Republicans use $161,000 in stolen funds returned to a GOP political action committee.

Connecticut residents will have a chance to vote in local elections on Nov. 7, including Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford mayor. We’ve answered some key questions about the elections below.

Long Islanders will have a chance to vote in local elections on Nov. 7, including Suffolk County executive, all 18 legislature seats, and town supervisors. We’ve answered some key questions about the elections below.

The State Election Enforcement Commission has recommended that three of Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim’s campaign workers face possible criminal charges in connection with the alleged misuse of absentee ballots in the city’s 2019 mayoral election.

Former New Haven Police Sergeant and Alder Shafiq Abdussabur said he collected enough signatures to be on the primary ballot. The New Haven Registrar of Voters office disagrees.

A two-day virtual conference from the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and the Campaign School at Yale later this month hopes to give people of color the skills needed to run for public office.

A coalition of civic groups concerned with city government in Bridgeport, Connecticut, launched a campaign to influence this year’s mayoral election.

Voting concludes Tuesday in the Connecticut midterm elections for congressional, gubernatorial and other statewide races. Voters could also decide on control over the state General Assembly and whether to expand early voting in the state. Check back here for results, which are expected to trickle in hours — if not, days — after Election Day.

Voters on Nov. 8 will pick from a slate of candidates for federal, state and local office — but there’s more on the ballot than that. Ballot measures give voters the opportunity to directly influence legislation and changes in their government on issues like environmental protection, voting rights and affordable housing.

New York’s economy has been ranked the top priority to determine their pick of candidates in November’s general election, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Siena Research Institute.