The midterm elections are here and early voting in Mansfield started on Monday, Oct. 19 at the University of Connecticut Bookstore and Mansfield Town Hall, the Town of Mansfield said on their website.
The bookstore and town hall are open for early voting Tuesday, Oct. 20 through Monday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The early voting locations are also open during that time on Oct. 28, Oct. 30 and Nov. 1.
Residents can also vote early on Tuesday, Oct. 27 and Thursday, Oct. 29, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
UConn students are able to vote in the Mansfield elections if they met the Oct. 16 registration deadline.
When you vote at either the bookstore or town hall there will be 11 different races on the ballot, according to the Mansfield town website.
The first race on the ballot is for governor and lieutenant governor which present two options. For the Democratic and Working Families Parties candidate there is Ned Lamont and Susan Bysieqicz and for the Republican and Independent candidate there is Ryan Fazio and Matthew Corey.
Lamont first served as a selectman for Greenwich, Connecticut, from 1987 to 1990 before running for state senate in 1990 and U.S. Senate in 2006. He then became governor in 2019 and is currently serving his second term, according to his biography on the state website.
Lamont’s running mate, Bysiewicz, served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999 before becoming the Connecticut Secretary of State for 13 years between 1999 and 2011. Bysiewicz became Connecticut Lieutenant Governor in 2019 alongside Lamont, according to her biography on the state website.
Meanwhile, Fazio served in the Connecticut State Senate between 2021 and 2026 for the 36th District before he announced he would run in this year’s gubernatorial election, according to his profile on the state senate Republican website.
Fazio’s running mate, Matthew Corey, has no previous experience in the government, but was a member of the Unites States Navy for around five years before being honorably discharged in 1987. He has owned various businesses including a pub in Hartford and a window cleaning service for high rise buildings, according to his campaign website. https://mattcoreyct.com/about
Another major race is for state representative where voters can choose between Democratic candidate Joe Courtney and Republican and Independent candidate George Patrick Austin.
Courtney served in the Connecticut House of Representatives between 1987 and 1994 and had unsuccessful bids for lieutenant governor in 1998 and Congress in 2002 before winning that same congressional race in 2006 by just 83 votes. Courtney then defended his seat in 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018, according to the profile on his website. https://courtney.house.gov/about/full-biography
On the other side, Austin has no experience in government roles and is a first-time candidate. Austin currently owns a small construction business and is a member of the Home Builders & Remodelers Association, National Federation of Independent Business, the Connecticut Citizens Defense League and National Rifle Association, according to the profile on his website.
There is also a race for a state senate seat between Democrat and Working Families candidate Mae Flexer and Republican candidate Chris Reddy.
Alongside that there are two more races for representatives. One between Democratic candidate Pat Boyd and Republican candidate Anthony J. Emilio. The other race has Democratic candidate Gregg Haddad running unopposed.
Then there is the race for Connecticut Secretary of State between Democrat, Independent and Working Families candidate, Stephanie Thomas and Republican candidate, Peter Lumaj.
The race for treasurer is between Democrat and Working Families candidate Erick Russell and Republican and Independent candidate Fred Wilms.
Towards the bottom of the ballot, there are four more races. The race for comptroller is between Democratic, Working Families and Independent candidate Sean Scanlon and Republican candidate Jennifer S. Tooker.
The race for attorney general is between Democratic and Working Families candidate William Tong and Republican candidate John Bolton.
The race for judge of probate will also be unopposed with only one candidate, Democrat Sophia H. Shaikh, running.
The last race on the ballot is for the state registrar of voters which is between Democratic candidate Ronald Manizza and Republican candidate Alfred E Fratoni.
You can only vote for one candidate in each of the races.
Early voting runs from Monday, Oct. 19 through Sunday, Nov. 1 before the polls officially open on Nov. 3, 2026.