2026 forecast · Connecticut Comptroller
Sean Scanlon is all but certain to win Connecticut's comptroller race.
Sean Scanlon vs Jennifer S. Tooker, with Sean Scanlon running again. The model has Scanlon ahead by 21.6 points, with a 100 percent chance of winning.
Safe DModel D +21.6Updated October 22, 2026
Sean Scanlon
Democrat
60.0%
861,923 projected votes
Jennifer S. Tooker
Republican
38.4%
551,395 projected votes
100%Scanlon
0%Tooker
Scanlon all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Scanlon wins about 100 of 100
D +40R +40Click a county to zoom · arrow keys step through counties by size
Where the margin is won
Scanlon +315,502 net votes from 6 countiesStatewide D +21.6, a 310,529 vote marginTooker +4,973 net votes from 2 counties
Projected statewide vote
1,435,542 votes| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Scanlon D | 861,923 | 60.0% |
| Jennifer S. Tooker R | 551,395 | 38.4% |
| Other candidates | 22,222 | 1.5% |
| Total | 1,435,542 | 100% |
Expected votes at the projected turnout for this office, which runs a little below the top of the ticket because some voters skip down ballot races.
Projected vote by county
8 counties| County | Scanlon | Tooker | Other | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | 861,923 | 551,394 | 22,225 | 1,435,542 | D +21.6 |
| Hartford County | 255,286 | 135,610 | 6,147 | 397,043 | D +30.1 |
| Fairfield County | 202,721 | 112,358 | 4,954 | 320,033 | D +28.2 |
| New Haven County | 181,187 | 125,185 | 4,818 | 311,190 | D +18.0 |
| New London County | 75,383 | 50,380 | 1,978 | 127,741 | D +19.6 |
| Middlesex County | 50,279 | 33,892 | 1,324 | 85,495 | D +19.2 |
| Tolland County | 41,727 | 33,656 | 1,186 | 76,569 | D +10.5 |
| Litchfield County | 32,877 | 35,810 | 1,080 | 69,767 | R +4.2 |
| Windham County | 22,463 | 24,503 | 738 | 47,704 | R +4.3 |
Projected 2026 votes from the On Point simulation: each county's expected turnout times its simulated vote share. Totals may differ from the race total by rounding.
Range of outcomes
80 percent of simulations80 percent of simulations fall between D +30.1 and D +13.1. The white dot is the forecast; the line is a tie.
How the model gets there
statewide margin at each step| Top of ticket, governor | D +15.7 |
| Down ballot history, moved to 2026 | D +22.0 |
| Blend of every leg | D +18.6 |
| With incumbency and primary unity | D +22.0 |
| With polls, none in the race | D +21.6 |
Leg weights: Top of ticket 38%, Approval fundamentals 19%, Gallup, relaxed 13%, Down ballot history 31%. 80 percent of outcomes fall between D +30.1 and D +13.1.
Polls of the race
no polls| Pollster | Sample | Ended | Scanlon | Tooker | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No public polls of this race. The forecast rests on the top of ticket, past results and the primaries. | |||||