Who is on the ballot in 06280?

Joe Courtney has represented Connecticut's 2nd District since 2007, per his official House website. He serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and is the ranking member of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, per his official House website.

George Austin is a construction industry professional and business owner who holds a degree in Construction Management from Central Connecticut State University, per his campaign site. He is married with two adult sons, per his campaign site. He is the party's nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Associated Press results feed for the August 11 primary.

Ned Lamont is Connecticut's incumbent governor and a Democratic candidate for re-election. A former business executive, Lamont has emphasized fiscal stability, infrastructure, education, clean energy, and maintaining Connecticut's social services and reproductive-rights protections.

Fazio represents Connecticut's 36th District in the state Senate and holds an economics degree from Northwestern University, per the campaign site. Before public office he worked in the energy, agriculture, and shipping sectors, and he has volunteered for years tutoring charter school students and delivering meals through Meals On Wheels, per the campaign site.

Susan Bysiewicz is currently serving as Connecticut's 109th Lieutenant Governor, per her campaign site. She previously served as Connecticut Secretary of the State from 1999 to 2011 and as a state representative for Middletown, Middlefield and Durham, per the campaign site. She is the author of a biography of former Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso, per the campaign site.

Matthew Corey is a Republican candidate for Connecticut lieutenant governor, a Hartford small-business owner and Navy veteran who has run for U.S. Senate and House.

William Tong has served as Connecticut attorney general since winning the office in 2018, per the campaign site. He previously served 12 years in the Connecticut House of Representatives, where he chaired the Judiciary and Banking committees, per the campaign site. He practiced for 18 years as a litigator in state and federal courts in New York City and Stamford, per the campaign site. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover, Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School, per the campaign site. The campaign site has no issues page as of November 2, 2026.

John Bolton is a Connecticut attorney and former Westport Planning and Zoning Commissioner, per his campaign site. He has practiced law for more than 35 years and has lived in Westport since 1997, per the Westport Journal.

Stephanie Thomas was sworn in as Connecticut Secretary of the State on January 4, 2023, per the campaign site. Before that she spent 30 years advising nonprofits and running her own business, and served as State Representative for the 143rd District (Norwalk, Wilton, Westport), per the campaign site. She holds a B.A. from New York University and an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from New School University, per the campaign site.

Peter Lumaj is a Republican candidate for Connecticut secretary of the state, an attorney who has previously run for the office. He campaigns on voter-ID requirements and election integrity.

Sean Scanlon is Connecticut's 67th State Comptroller, per the campaign site. He served as State Representative for the 98th District from 2015 to 2023 and chaired the Finance Committee in his final term, per the campaign site. He grew up in Guilford, attended Guilford public schools and went to Boston College, per the campaign site. The campaign site has no issues page as of November 2, 2026; the priorities above are the ones its homepage names.

Tooker is a business executive with about 25 years of management experience in the international reinsurance industry who previously served as First Selectwoman of Westport, Connecticut, and holds a degree in Economics and International Studies from the University of Notre Dame, per the campaign site.

Erick Russell is Connecticut's incumbent treasurer and a Democratic candidate for re-election, serving since 2023 as the first Black openly gay statewide elected official in the U.S. He campaigns on pension-fund performance and expanding the Baby Bonds program.

Fred Wilms is a Republican candidate for Connecticut treasurer, a former state representative and banking executive campaigning on investment returns and fiscal discipline.