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

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

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.

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.

More than 192,271 votes were cast in early voting around Connecticut and hundreds of thousands more were expected Tuesday.

Democrats claimed a wave of resounding victories Tuesday in municipal elections across Connecticut, flipping control of key municipal offices in an off-year test of their party's strength.

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

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

Roberto Alves was in a good mood Wednesday, celebrating his re-election as mayor of Danbury. But as he talked to reporters at the capitol, he was excited to talk about something else – Democrats flipping control in 29 cities and towns across the state.

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,

E d Hawthorne has been re-elected as the president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO labor federation - an endorsement that he intends to leverage to keep working on several issues important to unions across the state.

What led to voters to call for such a dramatic change at the voting booth this week? Southern Connecticut State University Political Science Professor Jonathan Wharton explains. Mike Hydeck: So earlier this week,