2026 forecast

Connecticut Attorney General forecast

William Tong vs John Bolton, with William Tong running again. The model has Tong ahead by 22.6 points, with a 100 percent chance of winning.

Safe DModel D +22.6Polls D +28.4Updated October 17, 2026

County forecast

8 counties · 6 lean Democratic
D +40R +40Hover a county for its projected vote

How the model gets there

statewide margin at each step
Top of ticket, governorD +15.5
Down ballot history, moved to 2026D +22.6
Blend of every legD +18.8
With incumbency and primary unityD +22.1
With polls, 13% weightD +22.6

Leg weights: Top of ticket 38%, Approval fundamentals 19%, Gallup, relaxed 13%, Down ballot history 31%. 80 percent of outcomes fall between D +30.7 and D +14.4.

Polls of the race

1 poll
PollsterSampleEndedTongBoltonMargin
University of New Hampshire Survey Center540 LV2026-09-215730D +27.0