State and Federal Offices
Candidates for state and federal elected offices receive the Democratic party’s nomination at conventions held for this purpose in the late spring/summer before the November election. Each Democratic Town Committees sends delegate to the nominating conventions. The Mansfield Democratic Town Committee selects delegates to the nominating conventions, but does not obligate the delegates to vote for a certain candidate.
State-wide elected officials & U. S. Senator
A Democratic State Convention, consisting of delegates who are elected by the Democratic Town Committees in all the towns and cities in Connecticut, nominates the Democratic candidates for U. S. Senator and for state government offices – Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Attorney General.
Primary: Candidates who fail to get the Democratic party’s nomination at the convention may file to run in a primary. The primary is held in August.
State Representatives
Mansfield has two state representatives to the General Assembly – the 54th and 48th General Assembly Districts.
The Mansfield Democratic Town Committee elects the delegates who reside in the parts of Mansfield that lie within the 54th General Assembly Districtto attend the Democratic 54th General Assembly District convention, which nominates the Democratic candidate for this General Assembly seat.
The Mansfield Democratic Town Committee also elects the delegates who reside in the parts of Mansfield that lie within the 48th General Assembly District to attend the Democratic 48th General Assembly District convention, which nominates the Democratic candidate for this General Assembly seat. This convention also has delegates elected by the Democratic Town Committees to represent the parts of the following towns that are included in this district: Windham, Lebanon, Colchester, and Mansfield.
Primary: Candidates who fail to get the Democratic party’s nomination at the convention may file to run in a primary. The primary is held in August.
State Senator
The Mansfield Democratic Town Committee elects delegates to attend the Democratic 29th State Senate District convention, which nominates the Democratic candidate for this State Senate seat. The convention also has delegates who are elected by the Democratic Town Committees from the following towns that are in the 29th State Senate District – Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, and Windham.
Primary: Candidates who fail to get the Democratic party’s nomination at the convention may file to run in a primary. The primary is held in August.
U. S. Congressman.
The Democratic nominee for the U. S. House of Representatives is elected by a convention of delegates who are elected by the Democratic Town Committees in all of the towns in the Second Congressional District. The district includes the whole of each of the following towns, except where a percentage appears:
Andover
Ashford
Bolton
Bozrah
Brooklyn
Canterbury
Chaplin
Chester
Clinton
Colchester
Columbia
Coventry
Deep River
Durham[7] (70%)
East Haddam
East Hampton
East Lyme
Eastford
Ellington
Enfield
Essex
Franklin
Glastonbury[8] (33%)
Griswold
Groton
Haddam
Hampton
Hebron
Killingly
Killingworth
Lebanon
Ledyard
Lisbon
Lyme
Madison
Mansfield
Marlborough
Montville
New London
North Stonington
Norwich
Old Lyme
Old Saybrook
Plainfield
Pomfret
Preston
Putnam
Salem
Scotland
Somers
Sprague
Stafford
Sterling
Stonington
Suffield
Thompson
Tolland
Union
Vernon