Riding profile

CT-4

US House district — CT · Mixed · us ct

The question

CT-4: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
35.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 67.6%
  • Republican 32.2%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereCT-4 67.6%32.2%0.1%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +13.3 44.9% −12.7 5.1% −5.0

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

CT-4, a mixed riding in CT, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 24-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 68% vote share, against 32% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

HIMES, JIM

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Himes, Jim

  • Republican Challenger

    Goldstein, Michael

  • Republican Challenger

    Miressi, Dan

  • Republican Challenger

    Miressi, Daniel

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
23.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+11.7 pts

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026