2022 Connecticut House of Representatives election

2022 Connecticut House of Representatives elections

← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →

All 151 seats in the Connecticut House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.4%[1] Decrease
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Matthew Ritter Vincent Candelora
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 1st district 86th district
Last election 97 54
Seats before 97 54
Seats won 98 53
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 727,440 544,387
Percentage 56.05% 41.94%
Swing Increase 2.44 Decrease 0.23

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote share:
     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Speaker before election

Matthew Ritter
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Matthew Ritter
Democratic

The 2022 Connecticut House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect members to the Connecticut House of Representatives, one from each of the state's 151 General Assembly districts. The date of this the election corresponded with other elections in the state, including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Connecticut State Senate.

Democrats retained control of the House of Representatives, expanding their majority by winning 98 seats to the Republicans' 53, a net gain of 1.[2] Democrats had held a majority in the House of Representatives since 1987. They are 3 seats shy of supermajority.[3]

  1. ^ "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Public Reporting".
  3. ^ "Veto overrides in state legislatures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 18, 2024.