Democratic Party of Connecticut

Political party in Connecticut

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Websitewww.ctdems.org

Politics of Connecticut
Elections

The Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee (CT Dems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Connecticut. Its chair is Nancy DiNardo.^[2]

Democrats control both chambers of the state legislature, all constitutional state offices, all five of Connecticut's seats in the United States House of Representatives, and both of its seats in the United States Senate.

Current elected officials

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

Democrats have controlled both of Connecticut's seats in the U.S. Senate since 1988:^{[note 1]}

Junior U.S. Senator Chris Murphy
Senior U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal

U.S. House of Representatives

Democrats have controlled all five seats Connecticut is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008:


District	Member	Photo
1st	John B. Larson
2nd	Joe Courtney
3rd	Rosa DeLauro
4th	Jim Himes
5th	Jahana Hayes

Statewide offices

Democrats have controlled all six of the elected statewide offices since 2010:

State Treasurer: Erick Russell
State Comptroller: Sean Scanlon

State legislature leaders

Senate President Pro Tempore: Martin Looney
- Senate Majority Leader: Bob Duff
Speaker of the House: Matthew Ritter
- House Majority Leader: Jason Rojas

Municipal

The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Connecticut:

Notes

^ Joe Lieberman won the 1988 election as a Democrat. Lieberman left the party and became an Independent in 2006 but continued to caucus with Senate Democrats until his retirement in 2012.

References

^ Winger, Richard. "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
^ "Nancy Wyman elected chairman for CT Democrats". CT Post. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-06.

External links

Official website

Democratic Party

History

National
conventions,
presidential
tickets,
and
presidential
primaries

Presidential
administrations

Jackson (1829–1837)
Van Buren (1837–1841)
Polk (1845–1849)
Pierce (1853–1857)
Buchanan (1857–1861)
A. Johnson (1868–1869)
Cleveland (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
Wilson (1913–1921)
Roosevelt (1933–1941; 1941–1945)
Truman (1945–1953)
Kennedy (1961–1963)
L. B. Johnson (1963–1969)
Carter (1977–1981)
Clinton (1993–2001)
Obama (2009–2017)
Biden (2021–)

U.S. House
leaders,
Speakers,
and
Caucus
chairs

A. Stevenson (1827–1834)
Bell (1834–1835)
Polk (1835–1839)
J. W. Jones (1843–1845)
Davis (1845–1847)
Cobb (1849–1851)
Boyd (1851–1855)
G. W. Jones (1855–1857)
Orr (1857–1859)
Houston (1859–1861)
Niblack/Randall (1869–1871)
Niblack (1873–1875)
Kerr (1875–1876)
Randall (1876–1881)
Carlisle (1883–1889)
Holman (1889–1891)
Crisp (1891–1895)
D. B. Culberson (1895–1897)
Richardson (1897–1903)
Williams (1903–1909)
Clark (1909–1921)
Kitchin (1921–1923)
Garrett (1923–1929)
Garner (1929–1933)
Rainey (1933–1934)
Byrns (1935–1936)
Bankhead (1936–1940)
Rayburn (1940–1961)
McCormack (1962–1971)
Albert (1971–1977)
O'Neill (1977–1987)
Wright (1987–1989)
Foley (1989–1995)
Gephardt (1995–2003)
Pelosi (2003–2023)
Jeffries (2023–)

U.S. Senate
leaders
and
Caucus
chairs

J. W. Stevenson (1873–1877)
Wallace (1877–1881)
Pendleton (1881–1885)
Beck (1885–1890)
Gorman (1890–1898)
Turpie (1898–1899)
J. K. Jones (1899–1903)
Gorman (1903–1906)
Blackburn (1906–1907)
C. A. Culberson (1907–1909)
Money (1909–1911)
Martin (1911–1913)
Kern (1913–1917)
Martin (1917–1919)
Hitchcock (1919–1920)
Underwood (1920–1923)
Robinson (1923–1937)
Barkley (1937–1949)
Lucas (1949–1951)
McFarland (1951–1953)
Johnson (1953–1961)
Mansfield (1961–1977)
Byrd (1977–1989)
Mitchell (1989–1995)
Daschle (1995–2005)
Reid (2005–2017)
Schumer (2017–)

Chairs of
the DNC

State and
territorial
parties

Affiliated
groups

Congress	Senate Caucus Policy Committee Steering and Outreach Committee House Caucus Factions Blue Dog Coalition Congressional Progressive Caucus Justice Democrats New Democrat Coalition Problem Solvers Caucus
Fundraising	Democratic Attorneys General Association Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Democratic Governors Association Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee National Conference of Democratic Mayors National Democratic Redistricting Committee
Sectional	College Democrats of America Democrats Abroad National Federation of Democratic Women Stonewall Democrats Stonewall Young Democrats Young Democrats of America High School Democrats of America

v t e Connecticut political parties
Major	Democratic Republican
Minor	Green Independent Libertarian Socialist Working Families
Defunct	A Connecticut Party Concerned Citizens Party Connecticut for Lieberman Toleration Party
Political party strength in Connecticut