Connecticut official results
Counts exactly as Connecticut Secretary of the State reports them, with a link to the official source.
Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by the official state election authority on election night. Counts change as ballots are counted. Vote Files does not call races or project winners. Where news organizations' projections are shown, each is labeled as that outlet's and kept apart from the official record.
Election Week: how news outlets are covering the count, beside the official record
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Official results source: Connecticut Secretary of the State
Official results page only (checked Sep 25, 2026). Election history site; election-night file not identified.
Certification and canvass: Connecticut
Not yet certified. No official certification has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
- County canvass deadline: Nov 6, 2026, 1:00 p.m. (not later than the third day following the election, for the head moderator to correct errors and file an amended return). (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-322a(a): official text) The statute: “Not later than one o'clock p.m. on the third day following each regular election, the head moderator shall correct any error identified and file an amended return” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- State certification deadline: Nov 25, 2026 (last Wednesday of the month in which the votes were cast). (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-315: official text) The statute: “The votes...shall be publicly counted by the Treasurer, Secretary of the State and Comptroller on the last Wednesday of the month in which they were cast” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Recount request deadline: Set by rule, not a fixed date. The statute: “less than a vote equivalent to one-half of one per cent...or less than twenty votes...not later than the fifth business day after such election” (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-311(a), 9-311a: official text) Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Election contest filing deadline: Nov 17, 2026 (not later than 14 days after the election; or, if brought in response to a manual tabulation of paper ballots, not later than 7 days after close of that tabulation). (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-323, 9-324, 9-328: official text) The statute: “it shall be brought not later than fourteen days after the election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Mail and military ballot receipt and cure deadlines: Nov 3, 2026 (close of polls) — an absentee ballot mailed in must be received by the town clerk not later than the close of the polls on election day; in-person return due by the day before the election. (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-140b(a)(1)-(2): official text) The statute: “received by the clerk of the municipality in which the applicant is qualified to vote not later than the close of the polls” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
Deadlines are the state's own statutes and official guidance, each linked. Where a deadline depends on when an earlier step happens, the rule is shown instead of a date. Every date shown is worked out from the statute quoted beside it. Certification status changes only from the certifying authority's own announcement or official results file. All states