primary elections

A mix of incumbents and newcomers won their primaries for the state and federal Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday night in Fairfield County.

Connecticut local election officials are better prepared to handle early voting for November’s general election following a successful rollout of the process for Tuesday’s primaries, according to Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas.

The vote totals were 8,747 during Connecticut's first-ever week of early voting, leading up to Tuesday’s primary election

This year, all of the State Senate and House of Representative seats are up for grabs, and some have primaries. That’s including a four-way Democratic primary race in Bridgeport.

Four candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for state Senate to represent Bridgeport, Trumbull and Monroe debated at the Trumbull Library on Thursday night in an event that was a stark contrast to the national political climate.

John Gomes is continuing his campaign for Bridgeport mayor in the Feb. 27 special general election despite his loss to incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim in last week’s redo of the city’s Democratic primary.

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim declared victory in the city’s court-ordered Democratic primary redo for mayor. His challenger, John Gomes, said he would not concede despite an unfavorable, unofficial count.

The filing claims that a member of the Gomes campaign provided application forms to 22 volunteers who circulated them to voters.

A new election between Joe Ganim and John Gomes is scheduled for Jan. 23 — and aggressive absentee voting tactics largely remain.

CT's state elections enforcement commission is investigating a complaint over the Democratic primary between Joe Ganim and John Gomes.