Connecticut congressional elections

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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report · 2012 Senate report
	House¹: 435 seats			Senate: 33 seats
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	63	32	95	4	4	8
Possible primary challenges	13	5	18	1	0	1
Open seats*	7	15	26	2	6	9²

1. Does not include the special election in OR-01.
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.

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U.S. Senate

Seats up for election in 2012:

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Photo	Party	Next election	Incumbent running	Primary challenge	Confirmed candidates	Possible candidates
CT-Senate Class I Seat	Joseph Lieberman		Independent	2012	No	N/a	Christopher Murphy Christopher Shays Linda McMahon Jason McCoy	Rob Simmons

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Photo	Party	Incumbent running	Primary challenge	Confirmed candidates	Possible candidates
CT-01	John Larson		Democratic	Yes	No	Mike McDonald John Larson
CT-02	Joseph Courtney		Democratic	Yes	No	Chris Coutu Daria Novak Joseph Courtney	Janet Peckinpaugh
CT-03	Rosa DeLauro		Democratic	Yes	No	Wayne Winsley Rosa DeLauro	Jerry Labriola Jr
CT-04	Jim Himes	No photo on file.	Democratic	Yes	No	Chris Meek David Orner Steve Obsitnik Richard Wieland Jim Himes	Toni Boucher Mark Lauretti
CT-05	Christopher Murphy		Democratic	Yes, but for Senate	N/a	Elizabeth Esty Chris Donovan Justin Bernier Mark Greenberg Mike Clark Lisa Wilson-Foley Andrew Roraback Dan Roberti Wayne Winsley Randy Yale	J Paul Vance Jr Mark Boughton Ryan Bingham Rob Kane Brian Shactman