2018 Connecticut Attorney General election

The 2018 Connecticut Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Connecticut.^[1]

2018 Connecticut Attorney General election

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Nominee William Tong Susan Hatfield Party Democratic Republican Alliance Working Families Independent Party Popular vote 715,340 633,360 Percentage 52.5% 46.5%

County results Municipality results Congressional district results Precinct results Tong:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Hatfield:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Attorney General before election George Jepsen Democratic Elected Attorney General William Tong Democratic

Incumbent Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen did not seek re-election.^[2] Democratic nominee and state representative William Tong defeated Republican nominee Susan Hatfield.^[3]

Democratic primary

On August 14, 2018, State representative William Tong won the Democratic primary, defeating US attorney Chris Mattei and state senator Paul Doyle.^[4]

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Tong	119,574	57.43
	Democratic	Chris Mattei	53,822	25.85
	Democratic	Paul Doyle	34,822	16.72
Total votes			208,218	100.0

Republican primary

On August 14, 2018, assistant state's attorney Susan Hatfield won the Republican primary, defeating former state representative John Shaban.^[5]

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Hatfield	106,076	79.33
	Republican	John Shaban	27,639	20.67
Total votes			133,715	100.0

General election

William Tong won the general election on November 6, 2018, with a 6.01% margin of victory.^[6][7]

Endorsements

William Tong (D)

Organizations

• Hearst Connecticut Group^[8]

Newspapers

• Hartford Courant^[9]
• Stamford Advocate^[10]

Susan Hatfield (R)

Organizations

• Connecticut Citizens Defense League^[11]

Results

2018 Connecticut Attorney General election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Tong	691,496	50.73%
	Working Families	William Tong	23,844	1.75%
	Total	William Tong	715,340	52.48%
	Republican	Susan Hatfield	605,504	44.42%
	Independent Party	Susan Hatfield	27,856	2.04%
	Total	Susan Hatfield	633,360	46.47%
	Green	Peter Goselin	14,358	1.05%
Total votes			1,363,058	100.0
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Tong won three of the five congressional districts, while Hatfield won the other two, both of which elected Democrats.^[13]

District	Tong	Hatfield	Representative
1st	56%	43%	John B. Larson
2nd	47%	52%	Joe Courtney
3rd	55%	44%	Rosa DeLauro
4th	57%	42%	Jim Himes
5th	48%	51%	Elizabeth Esty (115th Congress)
			Jahana Hayes (116th Congress)