The Office of Governor Ned Lamont

Govenor Lamont's Portrait

Press Releases

Governor Ned Lamont

01/11/2019

Gov. Lamont Sets February 26 Special Elections for Five General Assembly Seats

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has selected Tuesday, February 26 as the date to hold special elections to fill vacancies for five seats in the Connecticut General Assembly. The vacancies are in the following districts:

  • 3rd District of the State Senate, consisting of the entirety of East Hartford, East Windsor, and South Windsor, and portions of Ellington;
  • 5th District of the State Senate, consisting of the entirety of Burlington and West Hartford, and portions of Bloomfield and Farmington;
  • 6th District of the State Senate, consisting of the entirety of Berlin and New Britain, and portions of Farmington;
  • 39th District of the State House of Representatives, consisting of portions of New London; and
  • 99th District of the State House of Representatives, consisting of portions of East Haven.

The three Senate seats were most recently held by Senator Tim Larson, Senator Beth Bye, and Senator Terry Gerratana, and the House seats were most recently held by Representative Chris Soto and Representative James Albis. All five legislators won their most recent elections to serve the two-year terms that began earlier this week. However, after they chose not to be sworn into office, vacancies were declared.

Under state law, the governor is required to issue a writ of special election within ten days of a vacancy in the General Assembly and a special election must be held exactly 46 days after the date that the writ was issued. Governor Lamont issued writs for each of the five vacancies today.

**Download: Governor Lamont’s writ of special election for the 3rd Senatorial District
**Download: Governor Lamont’s writ of special election for the 5th Senatorial District
**Download: Governor Lamont’s writ of special election for the 6th Senatorial District
**Download: Governor Lamont’s writ of special election for the 39th Assembly District
**Download: Governor Lamont’s writ of special election for the 99th Assembly District

Twitter: @GovNedLamont
Facebook: Office of Governor Ned Lamont