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2026 results · Connecticut · Connecticut Comptroller

Sean Scanlon, the Democrat, is elected Connecticut Comptroller

Kamala Harris carried Connecticut by 14.5 points in 2024; this year's count is a 11.5-point move toward the Democrats.

Connecticut Comptroller: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Sean ScanlonDemocrat801,29663.0%
Jennifer S. TookerRepublican470,13337.0%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 10:46 AM EST · 94% counted.

About 94% of the expected vote counted1,271,429 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: Connecticut Secretary of the State

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What the count shows

Added together, the 9 planning regions compared moved 11.5 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The planning regions compared cast 72% as many votes as in 2024, from 77% in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region to 69% in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region. Turnout and the move from 2024 were barely related.

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region moved most: R+15.4 for president in 2024, D+3.2 this year

The 9 planning regions with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+40EvenD+40Move
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region36,135 votes18.7 pts → D
South Central Connecticut Planning Region190,009 votes15.1 pts → D
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region154,238 votes14.2 pts → D
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region100,371 votes12.8 pts → D
Capitol Planning Region348,051 votes12.3 pts → D
Northwest Hills Planning Region48,206 votes11.5 pts → D
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region80,089 votes10.0 pts → D
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region94,381 votes8.2 pts → D
Western Connecticut Planning Region219,949 votes5.5 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region added 26,571 net votes for Scanlon against the 2024 margin, 35% of the district-wide change

Across the 9 planning regions compared, the margin moved by 76,028 votes toward Scanlon: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, planning region by planning region. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. Naugatuck Valley Planning Region+26,571 Scanlon
  2. Capitol Planning Region+15,156 Scanlon
  3. South Central Connecticut Planning Region+13,626 Scanlon
  4. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region+9,036 Scanlon
  5. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region+8,115 Scanlon
  6. Northwest Hills Planning Region+5,759 Scanlon
  7. Western Connecticut Planning Region+4,829 Tooker
  8. Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region+4,757 Scanlon

3 planning regions Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Scanlon this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Naugatuck Valley Planning RegionR+7.4D+6.8
  • Northwest Hills Planning RegionR+1.3D+10.3
  • Northeastern Connecticut Planning RegionR+15.4D+3.2

What the places that moved have in common

Each of Connecticut’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.

Urban, suburban and rural counties

Urban4 counties, 52% of the vote10.7 pts → D
Suburban5 counties, 48% of the vote12.4 pts → D

2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).

Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.

U.S. HouseBefore the election D 5–0, now D 5–0

  1. D+36.3Bronin
  2. D+24.9Courtney
  3. D+25.7DeLauro
  4. D+33.1Himes
  5. D+15.7Hayes

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count published by the Connecticut Secretary of the State. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.