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Democratic Party of Connecticut
Democratic Party of Connecticut
Chairperson	Nancy DiNardo
Governor	Ned Lamont
Lieutenant Governor	Susan Bysiewicz
Senate President pro tempore	Martin Looney
House Speaker	Matthew Ritter
Headquarters	Hartford, CT
Membership (2021)	838,292
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Center to center-left
Colors	Blue
State House	98 / 151
State Senate	24 / 36
Statewide Executive Offices	6 / 6
U.S. House of Representatives	5 / 5
U.S. Senate	2 / 2
Website
	www.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 edit

Members of Congress edit

U.S. Senate edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

State Treasurer: Erick Russell
State Comptroller: Sean Scanlon

State legislature leaders edit

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

Municipal edit

The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Connecticut:

Notes edit

^ 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 edit

^ 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.