Democratic
Joe Courtney
Incumbent representative for CT-2. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Joe Courtney favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+18.3
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+8.82026 national environment
D+6.3Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
George Austin
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for CT-2. The forecast above uses fundamentals only.
Other forecasts
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Past results
Every election in Connecticut's 2nd district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
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