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Connecticut’s 1st District

U.S. House · CT-1

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 31.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 64.2%

    Luke Bronin

  • Republican 32.9%

    Amy Chai

  • Other 2.9%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
CT-1 64.2%32.9%2.9%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+9.7 44.2%−11.4 1.2%+1.7

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over15.7% (± 0.4)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

John Larson · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 11, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Luke Bronin 53.6% 29,219 votes
Republican primary Amy Chai 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Luke Bronin

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Amy Chai

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 25.0 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 31.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CT-2 Democrat, safe seat
  • CT-5 Democrat, safe seat
  • CT-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • CT-4 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated