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Middlesex County, Connecticut

2026 election results. Ned Lamont (D) has 57% of the vote for governor in Middlesex County, with about 89% of the expected vote counted. Middlesex County is split between 3 U.S. House districts. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Middlesex County

Governor

Ned Lamont
57.3%43,432
Ryan Fazio
42.7%32,341
89% counted

Statewide: Ned Lamont wins. Called.

U.S. House: Connecticut 1st District

Luke Bronin
66.2%13,184
Amy Chai
32.1%6,384
Mary Sanders
1.7%335
89% counted

Only part of Middlesex County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Luke Bronin wins. Called.

U.S. House: Connecticut 2nd District

Joe Courtney
60.6%25,522
George Austin
39.4%16,604
91% counted

Only part of Middlesex County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Joe Courtney wins. Called.

U.S. House: Connecticut 3rd District

Rosa DeLauro
58.5%7,993
Christopher Lancia
38.0%5,191
Thomas Egan
3.4%469
93% counted

Only part of Middlesex County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Rosa DeLauro wins. Called.

The leader in Middlesex County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 6, 2:36 PM.

8 local contests in Middlesex County

Local measures and judges on Middlesex County's ballots, from Connecticut's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures. A candidate on more than one party's line is shown once, with the votes from all of their lines added together.

Local measures

Durham Question 1: "Shall the Durham Town Charter be amended to increase the number of members of the Board of Selectmen from three to five?"

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,71653.2%
No1,51146.8%

Yes ahead with 53.2% in Middlesex County. Durham's page.

Durham Question 2: "Shall the Durham Town Charter be amended to change the positions of Town Clerk and Tax Collector from elected positions to appointed positions?"

ChoiceVotesShare
No2,46476.6%
Yes75223.4%

No ahead with 76.6% in Middlesex County. Durham's page.

Middletown Question 1: ""Shall the $30,426,000 appropriation and bond authorization for the Middletown Public Schools Districtwide Infrastructure Project be approved?""

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes13,85675.5%
No4,49424.5%

Yes ahead with 75.5% in Middlesex County. Middletown's page.

Judges

Judge of Probate 14

CandidateVotesShare
Mark Alan Balaban D9,742100.0%

Mark Alan Balaban is unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Mark Alan Balaban 11,735 (100.0%).

Judge of Probate 15

CandidateVotesShare
Phrances Leverton Szewczyk D19,614100.0%

Phrances Leverton Szewczyk is unopposed.

Judge of Probate 33

CandidateVotesShare
Jeannine M. Lewis D20,49497.6%
Jason LaMark, write-in5122.4%

Jeannine M. Lewis ahead in Middlesex County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Jeannine M. Lewis 21,508 (97.7%), Jason LaMark, write-in 513 (2.3%).

Connecticut's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 4:42 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
CT GovernorD +14.6D +13.1Not yet
CT-01 part of the countyD +34.8——
CT-02 part of the countyD +21.2——
CT-03 part of the countyD +21.3——

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Middlesex County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris55.6%Donald Trump42.7%D +12.897,519
2016Hillary Clinton51.2%Donald Trump43.9%D +7.388,624
2012Barack Obama57.3%Mitt Romney41.4%D +15.983,538
2008Barack Obama60.8%John McCain37.8%D +23.087,155
2004John Kerry56.3%George W. Bush42.0%D +14.383,984
2000Al Gore55.9%George W. Bush37.8%D +18.177,433

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +5.3.

Towns in Middlesex County

TownGovernor votesMarginCounted
Middletown16,373D +31.195%
Cromwell6,623D +13.082%
Clinton6,366D +10.383%
East Hampton6,260D +3.891%
Old Saybrook5,794D +17.991%
East Haddam4,608D +3.392%
Portland4,551D +11.379%
Haddam4,428R +1.092%
Essex3,734D +30.390%
Durham3,531R +3.583%
Killingworth3,449D +7.989%
Westbrook3,414D +4.191%
Deep River2,340D +22.593%
Middlefield2,219R +1.991%
Chester2,083D +32.795%

Connecticut reports its votes by town. They're added up here into the county.

Other counties in Connecticut

Connecticut results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county and town. They're unofficial until Connecticut certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Connecticut's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.