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2018 Connecticut governor election

Ned Lamont (Democrat) beat Bob Stefanowski (Republican) in Connecticut in 2018, 49.4% to 46.2%, a margin of 3.2 points and 44,372 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2014, when Dannel Malloy won.

Democrats led in 4 of the 8 counties and Republicans in 4. The largest, Fairfield, cast 355,276 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.8 points. The closest was New London, where 1,053 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ned Lamont won Democratic 694,510 49.4%
Bob Stefanowski Republican 650,138 46.2%
All other candidates 62,155 4.4%
Total1,406,803

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fairfield 188,334 53.0% 160,641 45.2% 6,301 355,276 D+7.8
Hartford 179,182 51.7% 144,212 41.6% 22,939 346,333 D+10.1
New Haven 160,405 49.4% 153,865 47.4% 10,504 324,774 D+2.0
New London 50,417 47.4% 49,364 46.4% 6,629 106,410 D+1.0
Litchfield 32,125 37.6% 49,280 57.7% 4,015 85,420 R+20.1
Middlesex 36,483 45.8% 38,678 48.5% 4,526 79,687 R+2.8
Tolland 29,992 45.1% 31,882 48.0% 4,576 66,450 R+2.8
Windham 17,571 41.4% 22,210 52.4% 2,643 42,424 R+10.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Connecticut governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ned Lamont (D) D+12.9
2018 Ned Lamont (D) D+3.2
2014 Dannel Malloy (D) D+2.6
2010 Dannel Malloy (D) D+0.6
2006 Jodi Rell (R) R+27.8
2002 John G. Rowland (R) R+12.2
1998 John G. Rowland (R) R+27.5
1994 John G. Rowland (R) R+3.5
1990 Lowell Weicker (other)
1986 William A. O'Neill (D) D+16.8
1982 William A. O'Neill (D) D+7.4
1978 Ella T. Grasso (D) D+18.4
1974 Ella T. Grasso (D) D+18.4
1970 Thomas J. Meskill (R) R+7.5
1966 John N. Dempsey (D) D+11.4
1962 John N. Dempsey (D) D+6.4
1958 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D) D+25.3
1954 Abraham Ribicoff (D) D+0.3
1950 John Davis Lodge (R) R+1.9
1948 Chester Bowles (D) D+0.3
1946 James L. McConaughy (R) R+14.0
1944 Raymond E. Baldwin (R) R+3.1
1942 Raymond E. Baldwin (R) R+4.6
1940 Robert A. Hurley (D) D+1.9
1938 Raymond E. Baldwin (R) R+0.4
1936 Wilbur L. Cross (D) D+14.2
1934 Wilbur Lucius Cross (D) D+1.6
1932 Wilbur Lucius Cross (D) D+1.8
1930 Wilbur L. Cross (D) D+1.3
1928 John H. Trumbull (R) R+8.0
1926 John H. Trumbull (R) R+28.2
1924 Hiram Bingham (R) R+34.3
1922 Charles A. Templeton (R) R+6.6
1920 Everett J. Lake (R) R+30.3
1918 Marcus H. Holcomb (R) R+4.8
1916 Marcus H. Holcomb (R) R+5.8
1914 Marcus H. Holcomb (R) R+9.6
1912 Simeon E. Baldwin (D) D+5.6
1910 Simeon E. Baldwin (D) D+2.2
1908 George L. Lilley (R) R+8.4
1906 Rollin S. Woodruff (R) R+12.8
1904 Henry Roberts (R) R+13.4
1902 Abiram Chamberlain (R) R+10.0
1900 George P. McLean (R) R+8.0
1898 George E. Lounsbury (R) R+11.2
1896 Lorrin A. Cooke (R) R+30.0
1894 O. Vincent Coffin (R) R+11.4
1892 Luzon B. Morris (D) D+3.7
1890 Samuel E. Merwin (R) D+2.7
1888 Morgan G. Bulkeley (R) D+0.9
1886 Phineas C. Lounsbury (R) D+1.5
1884 Henry B. Harrison (R) D+1.2
1882 Thomas M. Waller (D) D+3.6
1880 Hobart B. Bigelow (R) R+2.1
1878 Charles B. Andrews (R) R+2.4
1876 Richard Dudley Hubbard (D) D+2.8
1875 Charles R. Ingersoll (D) D+9.4
1874 Charles R. Ingersoll (D) D+7.4
1873 Charles R. Ingersoll (D) D+6.7
1872 Marshall Jewell (R) R+2.1
1871 Marshall Jewell (R) R+0.1
1870 James E. English (D) D+1.0
1869 Marshall Jewell (R) R+0.5
1868 James E. English (D) D+1.8
1867 James E. English (D) D+1.0
1866 Joseph R. Hawley (R) R+0.6
1865 William Alfred Buckingham (R) R+15.0