US Midterms 2026
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Chris Shea, a Republican firefighter, is his party's nominee for Connecticut's 5th congressional district in 2026, facing Democratic incumbent Jahana Hayes in the general election on November 3.
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Jahana Hayes is the Democratic candidate (with Working Families endorsement) for Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District, not a CT-05 House seat. The 5th District is a U.S.
HayesThe Newtown 2026 voter guide on Patch lists Chris Shea as the Republican candidate for Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District (U.S. House).
The Danbury 2026 voter guide lists Chris Shea as the Republican candidate for U.S. House, Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District.
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Chris Shea, a firefighter, is the Republican nominee in the 2026 election for Connecticut's 5th congressional district, which lies in the northwestern part of the state and includes Danbury and Waterbury.
The seat is held by Democrat Jahana Hayes, who was re-elected with 53.4% of the vote in 2024 and is again her party's nominee.
After paralegal Michele Botelho was eliminated at the Republican convention, Shea won the Republican primary with 10,261 votes, or 81.0%, against nonprofit founder Jonathan De Barros. He faces Hayes, the incumbent U.S. representative, in the general election on November 3, 2026.
