This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Connecticut was June 9, 2026.
This year has the highest number of candidates since 2014. Fifteen candidates — eight Democrats and seven Republicans — are running for Connecticut’s five congressional districts. That’s three candidates per district. There were 2.2 candidates per district in 2024, 2.2 in 2022, 2.6 in 2020, 2.6 in 2018, 2.4 in 2016, and two in 2014.