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Connecticut House race, District 5

Jahana Hayes holds this seat and is running to keep it against Chris Shea.

The November ballot

Hayes
$1.3M
Shea
$312K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Jahana Hayes

Democrat · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not 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, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

Republican primary

The primary · 12,674 votes

  • Chris SheaWon81%10,263
  • Jonathan De Barros19%2,411

Primary results as recorded August 25, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.7M
Outside money
$140

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Hayes$140
Opposing Hayes-
Supporting Shea-
Opposing Shea-

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

Where each candidate's money comes from

12%$151KSmall donors$62K20%
36%$459KLarge donors$204K65%
45%$574KPACs$14K4%
8%$101KOther$32K10%

Small donors give under $200; 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 2 groups 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

5 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
728K
Median household income
$91K
Unemployment
5.9%
Living below the poverty line
10.9%
Without health insurance
5.9%

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+4 in 2024

  • Jahana HayesWon50.8%
  • George Logan46.6%

337,605 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; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.