Democrats ended the year on a high, flipping 29 towns in November’s local elections from Red to Blue. Welcomed news after Republicans made gains in multiple towns nationally in 2024.

I also briefly preview the 2026 CT elections on what residents can expect from winter special elections to summer primaries to the fall statewide election.

Q3 Finance Reports allow voters to see how candidates for governor are faring including Erin Stewart, Ryan Fazio, and Josh Elliott, as well as the challenges they face.

In addition, we are looking to see how viable Democratic primary challengers to Rep. John Larson are in CT-01.

Updated 8/29 – 18 of 21 Primaries Have Been Covered

Some towns in Connecticut will have Democratic and Republican primaries for local municipal offices ranging from mayor to board offices.

In this three-part article series, I will explore various forms of town government, including representative town meetings versus open town meetings, mayor-council versus council-manager systems, and the intricacies of select boards. In our first part, we will start with the Town Meeting system.