Connecticut voters will elect leaders for federal, state and other offices on Tuesday. Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied.

Connecticut gubernatorial nominee Ryan Fazio joins 'Varney & Co.' to discuss his campaign against incumbent Ned Lamont. Fazio focuses on high electric bills, energy policy and repealing the state's data center tax incentive.

Despite important, high-stakes elections next week across Connecticut, 46 of the state legislature‘s 187 seats will go uncontested with no opponent. The tally includes seven races in the 36-member Senate, where the Republicans will not field a candidate in districts in major cities like Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, and Bridgeport. By contrast, Democrats have candidates in all 36 Senate ...

Letters to the editor endorse Rob Blanchard for state Senate seat and Stephanie Thomas to carry on as Connecticut secretary of the state.

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that the use of paper ballots prevents hacking from tech mogul Elon Musk, who is supporting Republicans this election cycle. “Forty-nine of the 50 states have paper records of the ballots, right?” Himes said on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe.” “Except for…

Voters watching a blitz of television commercials in the final weeks of the Connecticut governor’s campaign have been swamped by a tsunami of conflicting claims and counterclaims. Some are true, some are false, and many mislead by not telling the entire story. Republican gubernatorial nominee Ryan Fazio has repeatedly said in commercials that Gov. Ned Lamont raised taxes, while Lamont counters ...

One candidate it not deterred by political odds in a traditionally Democratic district where Republicans have won only one House election since a prominent Democratic attorney recaptured the seat in 1986.

Democrats could gain control of multiple New England state legislatures and governorships, potentially turning the region into a near one-party stronghold.