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Various special elections for theConnecticut House of Representatives andConnecticut State Senate were held in theU.S. state ofConnecticut 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 fillConnecticut's 27th State Senate district after incumbentDemocratCarlo Leone resigned on January 5, 2021. The election was won by DemocratPatricia Billie Miller.[1]
| 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% | ||
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A special election was held on April 13, 2021, to fillConnecticut's 112th House of Representatives district after incumbentRepublicanJ.P. Sredzinski resigned on February 17, 2021. The election was won by RepublicanTony Scott.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tony Scott | 2,248 | 53.2% | |
| Democratic | Nicholas Kapoor | 1,948 | 46.1% | |
| Independent | William Furrier | 31 | 0.7% | |
| Total votes | 4,227 | 100% | ||
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A special election was held on April 27, 2021, to fillConnecticut'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 DemocratCorey Paris.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Corey Paris | 730 | 76.4% | |
| Republican | J.D. Ospina | 225 | 23.6% | |
| Total votes | 955 | 100% | ||
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A special election was held on August 17, 2021, to fillConnecticut's 36th State Senate district after incumbent DemocratAlexandra Kasser resigned on June 22, 2021.[1] Democrats nominated Alexis Gevanter,[2] while Republicans nominatedRyan Fazio.[3] John Blankely, a Democrat, ran as an independent. Fazio ended up defeating Gevanter by 458 votes (2.9%), while Blankley earned 408 votes (50 votes less than Fazio's winning margin). This was the first legislative flip of the2021 United States elections.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ryan Fazio | 8,911 | 50.1% | ||
| Democratic | Alexis Gevanter | 8,453 | 47.6% | ||
| Independent | John Blankley | 408 | 2.3% | ||
| Total votes | 17,778 | 100% | |||
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