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The 2008 congressional elections in Connecticut were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. The Primary election was held on August 12.[1]
Connecticut has five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of four Democrats and one Republican. In the 2008 elections, District 4 changed from Republican to Democratic, so Connecticut's congressional delegation to the 111th Congress consists of five Democrats, giving Connecticut an all-Democratic congressional delegation for the 1st time since 1967. This marked the first since the founding of the Republican Party in 1854 that they failed to hold any House seat in New England.
Prior to the election, CQ Politics forecasted districts 2, 4, and 5 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.
- ^ November 4, 2008 State Election Calendar Archived September 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Connecticut Secretary of State