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 27.4 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +27.4Updated October 22, 2026
Rosa DeLauro
Democrat
62.8%
181,880 projected votes
Christopher Lancia
Republican
35.4%
102,379 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 +27.4No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +36.0 to D +18.92,000 simulations
Projected votes289,523DeLauro 62.8%

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
62.8%
Christopher LanciaRepublican · 0% to win
35.4%

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 D181,88062.8%
Christopher Lancia R102,37935.4%
Tom Egan IP5,2651.8%
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% Lancia15 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%JulAugSepOct55.7Lamont37.0Fazio
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 todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteSep 14 · 1,288 LV · C18%Lamont +17.0
Quinnipiac UniversityOct 12 · 1,225 LV · C17%Lamont +20.0
Emerson CollegeOct 12 · 800 LV · Gold16%Lamont +13.0
co/efficient (R)Sep 17 · 979 LV · C+12%Lamont +7.0
Sacred Heart University / WFSB / CT InsiderOct 12 · 1,000 LV · NR12%Lamont +26.6
Wesleyan SurveyLab/YouGovOct 7 · 420 LV · C11%Lamont +23.0
Every other poll together: 14%

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 +27.4
Chance of winning
Rosa DeLauro100%
Christopher Lancia0%
Simulated vote
Rosa DeLauro62.8%
Christopher Lancia35.4%
Tom Egan1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +14.0
FundamentalsD +27.4
With pollsD +27.8
Early vote turnoutR +0.4
With early voteD +27.4

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Connecticut, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

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

D +33R +33Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +14.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +27.4With pollsno pollsD +27.8With early voteturnout so farD +27.4
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.