Connecticut’s 3rd District

U.S. House · CT-3

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 30.4 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

	Democrat	Republican	Other
CT-3	65.2%	34.8%	0.0%
National averageUnited States	54.5%+10.7	44.2%−9.5	1.2%−1.2

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

Projection track

Latino citizens aged 18 and over	13.5% (± 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

Rosa DeLauro · Democrat

Held August 11, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary	Rosa DeLauro	0.0%
Republican primary	Christopher Lancia	0.0%

Who's running

Candidates for the upcoming election.

Democrat Incumbent

Rosa DeLauro
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Other Challenger

Rice, Andrew James Mr.

General-election qualification remains to be verified.
Republican Challenger

Christopher Lancia
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The Democrats won by 19.3 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 30.4 points.

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.