Elections · U.S. House · Connecticut
2026 Connecticut House race,
Jim Himes (Democrat), Michael Goldstein (Republican) and Benjamin Wesley (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Connecticut District 4, as recorded October 5, 2026.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Benjamin Wesley (Independent).
Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Jim Himes
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2009 · Age 60
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
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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How they won the primary
The primary · 6,238 votes
- Michael Goldstein Won: 74.3% 4,632
- Daniel Miressi: 25.7% 1,606
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State official election results. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $1.4M
- Outside money
- $10
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
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.
Also filed for this seat
5 filedNot on the November ballot
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.
Ballot status not confirmed
None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.
Filed with the FEC for this seat. No source on record says whether they qualified for the November ballot: independent and minor-party candidates qualify through the state, often by petition, and the FEC does not track whether they did.
How this seat voted last time
D+24 in 2024
- Jim Himes Won: 61.1%
- Michael Goldstein: 37.3%
328,857 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 1.6%. 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.
The district
Census context- People
- 729K
- Median household income
- $119K
- Unemployment
- 5.9%
- Living below the poverty line
- 9.5%
- Without health insurance
- 7.3%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 19, 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.