Various special elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives and Connecticut State Senate have and will be held in the U.S. state of Connecticut on various dates in 2021. Candidates for special elections in Connecticut are nominated through party conventions rather than party primaries.
A special election was held on March 2, 2021, to fill after incumbent DemocratCarlo Leone resigned on January 5, 2021. The election was won by Democrat Patricia Billie Miller.[1]
2021 Connecticut Senate 27th district special election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Patricia Billie Miller
4,692
59.5%
Republican
Joshua Esses
3,109
39.4%
Independent
Brian Merlen
87
1.1%
Total votes
7,888
100%
Democratichold
House of Representatives 112th district special election[]
A special election was held on April 13, 2021, to fill after incumbent Republican resigned on February 17, 2021. The election was won by Republican .[1]
2021 Connecticut House of Representatives 112th district special election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
2,248
53.2%
Democratic
Nicholas Kapoor
1,948
46.1%
Independent
William Furrier
31
0.7%
Total votes
4,227
100%
Republicanhold
House of Representatives 145th district special election[]
A special election was held on April 27, 2021, to fill Connecticut's 145th House of Representatives district after incumbent Democrat Patricia Miller resigned on March 8, 2021, after winning a special election to the Connecticut State Senate. The election was won by Democrat Corey Paris.[1]
2021 Connecticut House of Representatives 145th district special election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Corey Paris
730
76.4%
Republican
J.D. Ospina
225
23.6%
Total votes
955
100%
Democratichold
State Senate 36th district special election[]
A special election was held on August 17, 2021, to fill Connecticut's 36th State Senate district after incumbent Democrat Alexandra Kasser resigned on June 22, 2021.[1] Democrats nominated Alexis Gevanter,[2] while Republicans nominated Ryan Fazio.[3] John Blankely, a Democrat, ran as an independent, acting as a spoiler for Gevanter. Fazio ended up defeating Gevanter by 458 votes (2.9%), while Blankley earned 408 votes (only 50 votes less than Fazio’s winning margin). This was the first legislative flip of the 2021 United States elections.
2021 Connecticut State Senate 36th district special election[1]