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2026 forecast · Connecticut 3rd

Rosa DeLauro is all but certain to win Connecticut's 3rd District.

Rosa DeLauro vs Christopher Lancia. The model has DeLauro ahead by 29.2 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +29.2Updated October 31, 2026
Rosa DeLauro
Democrat
63.7%
184,429 projected votes
Christopher Lancia
Republican
34.5%
99,830 projected votes
100%DeLauro
0%Lancia
DeLauro all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, DeLauro wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for DeLauro
Model marginD +29.2No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +37.8 to D +20.72,000 simulations
Projected votes289,523DeLauro 63.7%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Connecticut districts

5 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Rosa DeLauroDemocrat · 100% to win
63.7%
Christopher LanciaRepublican · 0% to win
34.5%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

289,523 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Rosa DeLauro D184,42963.7%
Christopher Lancia R99,83034.5%
Tom Egan IP5,2641.8%
Total289,523100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%100% DeLauro0% Lancia22 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Connecticut governor polling average
25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%JulAugSepOct55.8Lamont36.6Fazio
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHollow dot: a lean firm's poll as published; the filled dot is where the average counts it, after its measured lean is taken offHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteSep 14 · 1,288 LV · C17%Lamont +17.0
Quinnipiac UniversityOct 12 · 1,225 LV · C16%Lamont +20.0
co/efficient (R)Sep 17 · 979 LV · C+ · R lean, counted Lamont +11.6 in the average15%Lamont +7.0
Emerson CollegeOct 12 · 800 LV · Gold14%Lamont +13.0
Sacred Heart University / WFSB / CT InsiderOct 12 · 1,000 LV · NR13%Lamont +26.6
Wesleyan SurveyLab/YouGovOct 7 · 420 LV · C12%Lamont +23.0
Every other poll together: 13%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
DeLauro +29.2
Chance of winning
Rosa DeLauro100%
Christopher Lancia0%
Simulated vote
Rosa DeLauro63.7%
Christopher Lancia34.5%
Tom Egan1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +14.0
FundamentalsD +29.7
With pollsD +29.5
Early vote turnoutR +0.3
With early voteD +29.2

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Connecticut, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Connecticut early vote · Connecticut results on election night

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +36R +36Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +14.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +29.7With pollsno pollsD +29.5With early voteturnout so farD +29.2
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Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.