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Elections · U.S. House · Connecticut

2026 Connecticut House race, District 2

Joe Courtney (Democrat) and George Austin (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Connecticut District 2.

The November ballot

Courtney
$760K
Austin
$314K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Not a prediction.

The seat

Joe Courtney

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2007 · Age 73

164
Trades disclosed
$1.7M
Estimated volume
Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Connecticut

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 7 days before, or same-day through Election Day in person.

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The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.2M
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Courtney$10
Opposing Courtney-
Supporting Austin-
Opposing Austin-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

12%$94KSmall donors$27K9%
30%$229KLarge donors$31K10%
57%$433KPACs$3.5K1%
--Party$7.3K2%
--Self-funding$240K76%
<1%$4.4KOther$5K2%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

4 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
722K
Median household income
$97K
Unemployment
4.9%
Living below the poverty line
8.4%
Without health insurance
3.9%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

D+16 in 2024

  • Joe Courtney Won: 58%
  • Mike France: 42%

376,047 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between November 19, 2025 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.