Connecticut

CONNECTICUT

7 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Secretary of State)

Total Population, July 1, 2007 est.	3,502,309
Registration, Jan. 28, 2008 (active)	1,916,381

Dem. 675,563 (35.25%) Rep. 408,746 (21.33%) Minor 5,863 (0.31%) Unaff. 826,209 (43.11%)
Connecticut has: 8 counties and 169 towns.
Largest counties: Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven. >
Largest cities: Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury. >

Government
Governor: M. Jodi Rell (R) sworn in July 1, 2004, elected in 2006.
State Legislature: Connecticut General Assembly House: 151 seats Senate: 36 seats
Local: Towns and Cities or More NACO Counties
U.S. House: 4D, 1R - 1. J.Larson (D) | 2. J.Courtney (D) | 3. R.DeLauro (D) | 4. C.Shays (R) | 5. C.Murphy (D).
U.S. Senate: Joe Lieberman (I) re-elected in 2006, Chris Dodd (D) re-elected in 2004.

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Presidential Primary Election -- Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Democrats
60 Delegates (48 Pledged, 12 Unpledged) and 8 Alternates.
1.48% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes.

Clinton | Obama
former
Sen. Chris Dodd (D) ran for the White House in 2008 but ended his campaign after the Iowa Caucuses. >

Unofficial Results

+Barack Obama
179,720

%

Dennis Kucinich
846

%

Mike Gravel
275

%

Bill Richardson
436

%

John Edwards
3,423

%

Chris Dodd
912

%

Joe Biden
440

%

Hillary Clinton
165,406

%

Uncommited
3,037

%

Total voting
337,269

Active Democratic Enrollment: 650,510.
Turnout: 51.8%.

Delegate Allocation: Obama 26, Clinton 22.

Republicans
30 Delegates: 3 RNC; 12 at-large; 15 by CD (3 x 5).
1.26% of the 2,380 Delegates.

Delegate allocation is statewide winner-take-all.

McCain | Romney
former
Giuliani

Unofficial Results

Rudy Giuliani
2,470

%

Fred Thompson
538

%

Mitt Romney
49,885

%

+John McCain
78,830

%

Duncan Hunter
136

%

Ron Paul
6,266

%

Mike Huckabee
10,600

%

Alan Keyes
373

%

Uncommitted
2,462

%

Total voting
146,333

Active Republican Enrollment: 384,531.
Turnout: 38.1%.

Setting the Primary Date
Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz and representatives of both parties and several groups joined together for a press conference on March 27, 2007 to support moving the primary from March 4 to February 5. According to a press release, Bysiewicz stated, "In the absence of a rational primary process, we are seeing an ad-hoc national primary take shape.” "Connecticut didn’t start this tidal wave but I cannot stand by and allow our voters to become irrelevant. Ultimately, members of both political parties must come together and enact real reform,” she said. On June 1 the House passed SB-1184 by a vote of 118-29, on June 2 the Senate followed by a vote of 29-6, and on June 25 Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) signed the measure into law.
See also Mark Pazniokas. "State May Hold Early 2008 Presidential Primary." The Hartford Courant. March 27, 2007.

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Registration deadline: October 19, 2004.

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)

693,826

(43.95)

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
857,488
(54.31)

Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.) 9,564 (0.61)

Peroutka/Baldwin (CC) 1,543
(0.10)

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
3,367

(0.21)

Nader/Camejo (Petition)
12,969

(0.82)

Calero/Hawkins (w/in)
12

   -

Total........1,578,769

Names on official checklist: 2,044,181
Number checked as having voted: 1,607,808 (78.65%)
Absentee ballots received: 144,582 ...less 2,787 rejected
Absentee ballots counted: 141,698 2004 Overview
Kerry-Edwards won with a plurality of 163,662 votes (10.36 percentage points). Kerry finished ahead in all counties except Litchfield and in 107 towns to 61 for Bush and 1 tied.
General Election Details

Past Results

1996
Clinton (Dem.)........735,740    (52.83)
Dole (Rep.).............483,109   (34.69)
Perot (Ref.).............139,523   (10.02)
Nader (Grn.).............24,321     (1.75)
Others (3+w/ins)........9,921   (0.71)
Total........1,392,614
1992
Clinton (Dem.)........682,318   (42.21)
Bush (Rep.)............578,313   (35.78)
Perot (Ind.).............348,771   (21.58)
Others (2+w/ins)........6,930     (0.43)
Total........1,616,332
2000

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
561,094

(38.44)

+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
816,015

(55.91)

Phillips/Frazier (CC)
9,695

(0.66)

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
64,452

(4.42)

Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
4,731

(0.32)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
3,484

(0.24)

Write-ins (6)
54

(0.00)

Total........1,459,525

Total Registration: 1,874,245.
Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 58.40%. (U.S. avg. 53.76%).
2000 Overview
Sen. Lieberman won twice in his home state. The Gore-Lieberman ticket prevailed with a plurality of 254,921 votes (17.47 percentage points) over Bush-Cheney, and voters handily re-elected him to the U.S. Senate. Ralph Nader, who hails from Winsted, managed just a 4.42% showing. Republicans picked up a U.S. House seat as challenger Rob Simmons narrowly defeated ten-term incumbent Democrat Rep. Sam Gejdenson in the 2nd Congressional District (Groton-New London).
General Election Activity

2004 Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, March 2, 2004

General Statutes of Connecticut: Title 9-Elections, Chapter 154-Presidential Preference Primary.

On December 19, 2003 Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz announced the names of nine Democrats and one Republican who met the criteria of "generally and seriously advocated or recognized according to reports in the national or state news media." Further, Bysiewicz announced that "there will be no Republican primary unless qualified GOP candidates petition onto the ballot." Subsequently, Democratic candidates Dick Gephardt and Carol Moseley Braun withdrew by the January 26, 2004 deadline, and Lyndon LaRouche qualified as a petitioning candidate by submitting more than the required 6,235 signatures from enrolled Democrats. On January 27 Bysiewicz drew lots in a ceremony in the State Capitol to determine the order in which the Democrats would be listed on the ballot.

Unaffiliated and new voters have until noon March 1, 2004 to register in person or February 26, 2004 by mail to vote in the primary.

Absentee ballots available beginning February 10, 2004.

Democrats

^ballot unofficial results: 167 of 169 towns reporting

Total Vote
Percent

John Edwards 30,728
23.7%

Joe Lieberman 6,702 5.2%

Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
1,464

1.1%

Dennis J. Kucinich
4,106

3.2%

Howard Dean
5,152

4.0%

John F. Kerry
75,584

58.3%

Wesley Clark
1,545

1.2%

Al Sharpton
3,302

2.5%

Uncommitted 1,002 0.8%

Total 125,585

Delegates: 62 Delegates (49 Pledged and 13 Unpledged) and 9 Alternates.