Election Day 2025 in Connecticut saw voters choosing candidates for mayor, selectperson, city council and other town leaders.

Democrats made broad gains Tuesday in Connecticut’s first general election since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, flipping open top-of-ballot seats that had been controlled by Republicans in the Democratic cities of New Britain and Norwich and suburbs of Branford and Westport.

Democrats picked up important wins in New Britain, Bristol, Westport, Stratford and another of other communities.

Democrats flipped 29 seats in Connecticut’s municipal elections, with the state Democratic Party chair calling the results historic.

Across Connecticut, more than 20 Democrats either won open mayoral or first selectman seats or they defeated Republican incumbents. In total, only one town (Easton) saw a sitting Democrat lose to a Republican in a top of ticket race.

Tuesday marks Connecticut's municipal elections, a chance for people around the state to cast their vote, in many cases, for mayor or first selectman, their local council members or school boards. In all, 168 (of 169) towns across the state will hold an election, with the ballots varying from town to town.

Election night was not a good one for Connecticut Republicans as they lost control of several city and town halls across the state. Three Democrats who won -- Bobby Sanchez in New Britain, Ellen Zoppo-Sassu in Bristol and Adam Sendroff in Hamden -- and one of the few Republican victors -- the mayor-elect of Torrington,

Voter turnout in CT reached 36% in the 2025 municipal elections — higher than Connecticut saw for both the 2021 and the 2023 elections.

With multiple municipal elections running across the state Tuesday, voters turned out to cast their ballot at a steady pace.  Some elections are expected to come down

Some realtors are calling it “the Mamdani effect”, a rise in New Yorkers looking to move to Connecticut after Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani was elected New York City’s next mayor.