Democratic Party of Connecticut

Democratic Party of Connecticut
Democratic Party of Connecticut
Chairperson	Roberto L. Alves
Governor	Ned Lamont
Lieutenant Governor	Susan Bysiewicz
Senate President pro tempore	Martin Looney
House Speaker	Matthew Ritter
Headquarters	Hartford, CT
Membership (2023)	888,707
Ideology	Modern liberalism
Colors	Blue
State House	102 / 151
State Senate	25 / 36
Statewide Executive Offices	6 / 6
U.S. House of Representatives	5 / 5
U.S. Senate	2 / 2
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Website
	www.ctdems.org
	Politics of Connecticut; Elections;

The Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee (CT Dems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Connecticut. Its chair is Roberto L. Alves.^[2]

It is the dominant party in the state. Connecticut Democrats control both chambers of the state legislature, all constitutional state offices, all five of Connecticut's seats in the United States House of Representatives, and both of its seats in the United States Senate.

Current elected officials

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

Democrats have controlled both of Connecticut's seats in the U.S. Senate since 1988:^{[note 1]}

Junior U.S. Senator Chris Murphy
Senior U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal

U.S. House of Representatives

Democrats have controlled all five seats Connecticut is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008:


District	Member	Photo
1st	John B. Larson
2nd	Joe Courtney
3rd	Rosa DeLauro
4th	Jim Himes
5th	Jahana Hayes

Statewide offices

Democrats have controlled all six of the elected statewide offices since 2010:

State Treasurer: Erick Russell
State Comptroller: Sean Scanlon

State legislature leaders

Senate President Pro Tempore: Martin Looney
- Senate Majority Leader: Bob Duff
Speaker of the House: Matthew Ritter
- House Majority Leader: Jason Rojas

Municipal

The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Connecticut:

Chairmen of the Connecticut Democratic Party

Name	Years served
Roberto L. Alves	2025 - present
Nancy DiNardo	2020-2025
Nancy Wyman	2019-2020
Nick Balletto	2015-2019

Notes

^ Joe Lieberman won the 1988 election as a Democrat. Lieberman left the party and became an Independent in 2006 but continued to caucus with Senate Democrats until his retirement in 2012.