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Connecticut primary removes a fourteen-term Democrat as Bronin wins on generational appeal

8/12/2026

Generational pressure settled over Connecticut's First Congressional District on Tuesday. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin defeated fourteen-term Rep.

John Larson in the Democratic primary, ending a congressional tenure that began in the Clinton administration.

Bronin, who also served in the Obama administration, ran on a change argument and steadily closed the gap with the incumbent through the campaign.

The race and its candidates Three challengers contested Larson in the primary: Bronin, state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, and Hartford Education Board member Ruth Fortune.

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