JUST IN: We have obtained the federal grand jury subpoena served today at New Britain City Hall The grand jury wants all records related to Erin Stewart's city credit card, her membership to The Hartford Club, and the Mayor's Trophy Charitable Fund

The issue came to light when State Rep. Al Paolillo Jr. decided to run for retiring State Sen. Martin Looney's State Senate seat. New Haven Alder Sarah Miller looked the district lines and noticed that she was assigned to vote in the 95th District after voting in Paollio's 97th District. She contacted the Secretary of State's office, along with Paollilo's office to determine how the error was made.

A redistricting error that went unnoticed for two election cycles led to hundreds of voters in New Haven were assigned to cast ballots in the wrong State House seat. One of those voters include Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who lives in the 96th State House Seat, but was assigned to vote in the 94th State House Seat in 2022 and 2024. There was no close election during this time frame that would have affected any race in deep-blue New Haven. However, concerns have been mounted about trust in the system and question how the city's Democrat and Republican registrar of voters missed these errors.

Republican Anthony Emilio successfully gathered enough signatures to make the primary ballot in the 50th State House seat. Emilio will face Jadon MacCormack, who has received bipartisan condemnation for his anti-LGBTQ comments and calling for a death penalty for "sodomites". Many Republicans in the district scrambled to gather signatures over the weekend to ensure MacCormack is not the GOP nominee in November

Democrat Anthony DiLizia successfully gathered enough signatures to make the ballot in the 31st State House Seat. DiLizia, a Glastonbury Town Council Member, will face Moise Carelus, the party's endorsed candidate in the August Primary. Carelus won a shocking upset against State Rep. Jill Barry in the district's party convention last month.

Democrat Wiley Mullins formed a campaign committee yesterday to run against State Rep. Tony Scott (R-Monroe) in the 112th State House Seat. Mullins, founder and president of Uncle Wiley's Specialty Foods, Inc. faces Scott who won 56-44 in 2024 in this Trump 2 seat. This race is likely to be competitive heading into November.

Wildaliz Bermudez, the executive director of the New Haven's Fair Rent Commission, successfully submitted enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in the open 97th State House Seat. She will face New Haven Alder Leland Moore in the August Primary. Moore won the party endorsement for the seat last month.

Former Hamden Councilman Justin Farmer and Former New Haven Alder Eli Sabin both successfully submitted enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in the 92nd State House Seat. We officially have a 3-way primary race between Incumbent State Rep. Pat Dillon, Farmer and Sabin.

Democrats petitioning onto the ballot in Connecticut's 92nd House district need more signatures than candidates running for Governor of California. CT HD-92: 408 signatures (from registered Democrats) California Governor: 100 signatures (from registered voters) HD-92 pop. - 23,600 California pop. - 39,400,000

For the second year in a row, residents of Bloomfield have overwhelming voted against their town budget in a budget referendum, by a massive 87-13 margin. However, due to a unique rule of "15% of all registered voters need to vote on the referendum for it to count", the results carry no weight and the budget will pass with no changes. Voter turnout was 27 votes short, at 14.8% Opponents were angry at the outcome, as despite winning the vote two years in a row against the budget, nothing has happened. Supporters argue low turnout, means discontent isn't as high as people think.

Democrat Congressional Challenger Andrew Rice told the New Haven Independent that he was about 1,000 signatures short of making the ballot on Monday against Rep. Rosa DeLauro. Rice, who narrowly missed the delegate threshold at the convention to make the ballot, is mulling an independent run in November if he doesn't make the ballot.

Potentially good news for allies of Rep. John Larson, where some supporters have argued that Larson has a much better chance of winning if the opposition vote in split amongst his three challengers. Allies of the Congressman threw their support to State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest at the convention to ensure she'll make the ballot in light of that theory. “We congratulate Ms. Fortune on this step toward securing hers. Our elections are stronger when more people can participate in the system, and Congressman Larson will be happy to welcome Ms. Fortune onto the ballot.” Larson Campaign Spokesperson Bee Ungar said.

Democrat Congressional Challenger Ruth Fortune says she has collected enough signatures to force herself onto the primary ballot in 1st Congressional District Primary race. Fortune will now have to go through strict scrutiny of her signatures by town clerks and local registrar of voters to see if she officially makes the ballot. Expecting many of her signatures to not pass the strict requirements, Fortune says she is submitting about 6,500 signatures, more than the about 3,900 she needs .

Notable seats where both parties do not have a candidate yet. State House Democrats do not have candidates in District 69 (Harris 3) or District 112 (Trump 2) Republican do not have candidates in District 57 (Harris 4) or District 138 (Harris 5).

With less than 24 hours left until the filing deadline, here is where both parties stand in the State House and State Senate. State House (151 Seats) 🔵 Candidates filed in 43/49 GOP-held districts 🔴 Candidates filed in 60/102 DEM-held districts State Senate (36 Seats) 🔵 Candidates filed in 11/11 GOP-held districts 🔴 Candidates filed in 17/25 DEM-held districts