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{{short description|Connecticut affiliate of the Republican Party}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Connecticut Republican Party
| logo             = Connecticut Republican Party logo.png
| colorcode        = {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}
| website          = {{URL|https://ct.gop/}}
| headquarters     = 98 Washington Street,<br>[[Middletown, Connecticut]] 06457
| chairperson      = Ben Proto
| leader1_title    = Senate leader
| leader1_name     = [[Stephen G. Harding]]
| leader2_title    = House leader
| leader2_name     = [[Vincent Candelora]]
| membership_year  = 2024
| membership       = 524,977<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics and Data |url=https://portal.ct.gov/sots/election-services/statistics-and-data/statistics-and-data |publisher=Connecticut Secretary of the State}}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservatism]]<!-- Do not add subideologies such as "social conservatism" or "right-wing populism" per consensus on main Republican Party page-->
| colors           = {{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}} [[Red states and blue states|Red]]
| seats1_title     = Seats in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats2_title     = Seats in the [[United States House of Representatives]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats3_title     = Seats in the [[Connecticut State Senate]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|12|36|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats4_title     = Seats in the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|53|151|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| national         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| state            = Connecticut
| symbol           = [[File:Republican Party Disc (alternate).svg|100px]]
}}

The '''Connecticut Republican Party''' is the [[Connecticut]] affiliate of the national [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].

Republicans control neither chamber of the state legislature, no constitutional state offices, none of the state's five seats in the U.S. House, and neither of its two U.S. Senate seats. The last Republican to represent the state in the U.S. House was [[Chris Shays]], who lost his seat in 2008 to [[Jim Himes]]. The last Republican to represent the state in the U.S. Senate was [[Lowell Weicker]], who lost his seat in [[1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut|1988]] to [[Joe Lieberman]].

==Town committees==
In Connecticut, there are Republican town committees in all 169 Connecticut municipalities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctgop.org/local/ |title=Your Local Party &#124; Connecticut Republicans &#124; CTGOP.org |access-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712075846/http://www.ctgop.org/local/ |archive-date=2012-07-12 }}</ref> The 169 Republican town committees are affiliates of the Connecticut Republican Party. Town committees have the ability to endorse candidates in primary elections for local office.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/pub/chap153.htm#Sec9-382.htm |title=Chapter 153* Nominations and Political Parties |access-date=2012-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013051039/http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/pub/chap153.htm#Sec9-382.htm |archive-date=2012-10-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Elected officials==
===Members of Congress===
====U.S. Senate====
* None

Both of Connecticut's [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seats have been held by [[Democratic Party of Connecticut|Democrats]] since [[1988 United States Senate elections|1989]]. [[Lowell Weicker]] was the last Republican to represent Connecticut in the U.S. Senate. First elected in [[1970 United States Senate election in Connecticut|1970]], Weicker lost his bid for a fourth term in [[1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut|1988]] to [[Joe Lieberman]].

====U.S. House of Representatives====
*None

All 5 of Connecticut's congressional districts have been held by Democrats since [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections|2009]]. The last Republican to represent Connecticut in the House of Representatives was [[Chris Shays]]. First elected in a 1987 special election, Shays was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger [[Jim Himes]] in 2008.

===Statewide offices===
* None

Connecticut has not elected any GOP candidates to statewide office since [[2006 Connecticut gubernatorial election|2006]], when [[Jodi Rell]] was elected to a full term as governor. First elected as lieutenant governor in [[1994 Connecticut gubernatorial election|1994]], Rell assumed the position of governor in 2004 following the resignation of [[John G. Rowland]]. In 2010, Rell opted not to seek re-election to a second term. Former U.S. Ambassador [[Thomas C. Foley]] ran as the Republican nominee in the [[2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election|2010 election]] and was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger [[Dannel Malloy]].

=== State legislative leaders ===
* [[Connecticut Senate|Senate Minority Leader]]: [[Stephen Harding (politician)|'''Stephen G. Harding''']]
* [[Connecticut House of Representatives|House Minority Leader]]: '''[[Vincent Candelora]]'''

== Republican National Committee members ==

* Committeeman:Benjamin Proto
* Committeeman:[[John H. Frey]]
* Committeewoman: Annalisa Stravato 

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{Official website}}
* [https://ct.gop/assets/uploads/2022/02/CT_GOP-Rules-Bylaws.pdf Connecticut Republican State Central Committee Rules and Bylaws]

{{Republican Party}}
{{ConnecticutPoliticalParties}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Political parties in Connecticut|Republican]]
[[Category:Republican Party (United States) by state|Connecticut]]

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