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Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-382 (2026)

Party-endorsed candidates; state or district office

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The state or district convention, as the case may be, shall, in a manner conforming with applicable law and with the rules of the party calling such convention, choose a candidate for nomination to each of the state or district offices, as the case may be. No such convention shall choose more than one candidate for nomination to any such office. Candidates so chosen shall run in the primary of such party as party-endorsed candidates, except as provided in section 9-416.

(June 1955, S. 581d; November, 1955, S. N57; 1958 Rev., S. 9-85; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 10.)

History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.

Cited. 232 C. 65.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2022 · leading case: Nielsen v. Kezer, 652 A.2d 1013 (Conn. 1995).
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Nielsen v. Kezer, 652 A.2d 1013 (Conn. 1995). · cites it 9× “Under ACP rules adopted pursuant to General Statutes § 9-382, 3 each of the three towns located in that district, namely, Bethel, New Fairfield and Danbury, was entitled to select one delegate to the convention, plus one additional delegate for every ten enrolled party members…”
Tashjian v. Repub. Party of Connecticut, 479 U.S. 208 (1986). · cites it 2× “Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-382 , 9-400, 9-444 (1985).”
Feehan v. Marcone, 204 A.3d 666 (Conn. 2019). · cites it 2× “For the multitown districts, the major political parties followed the nomination procedures for district offices set forth in General Statutes § 9-382, which requires them to call a "state or district convention.”
Nader v. Schaffer, 417 F. Supp. 837 (D. Conn. 1976). · cites it 2× “Conn.Gen.Stat. § 9-382. Party candidates for municipal office, members of party town committees, and delegates to party conventions, are chosen in each municipality, according to rules prescribed by the party, either by a party caucus, a party convention, or the town committee.”
Price v. Indep. Party of CT, 147 A.3d 1032 (Conn. 2016). · cites it 2× “to primaries held under the provisions of this chapter"); see also General Statutes § 9-381 (applying provisions of General Statutes §§ 9-382 through 9-450, which govern major parties, to "the nomination by a major party of any candidate for an elective office").”
Foley v. State Elections Enf't Comm'n, 2 A.3d 823 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 2× “a convention held pursuant to section 9-382 ... and ending on the day of a primary held for the purpose of nominating a candidate for such office.”
Tansley v. Grasso, 315 F. Supp. 513 (D. Conn. 1970). · cites it 4× “District conventions are required for the choosing of candidates for all district offices pursuant to Conn.Gen.Stat. § 9-382. The plaintiffs claim, however, that those running for the same office as they, i.”
Campbell v. Bysiewicz, 242 F. Supp. 2d 164 (D. Conn. 2003). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs cite the following aspects of the primary law: 1) The parties endorse candidates for state-wide and multi-town offices in conventions, in keeping with state statutes and party rules, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-382 , delegates to which are selected in accordance with party…”
Feehan v. Marcone (Conn. 2019). · cites it 2× “For the multitown districts, the major political parties followed the nomination procedures for district offices set forth in General Statutes § 9-382, which requires them to call a ‘‘state or district convention.”
Feehan v. Marcone (Conn. 2019). · cites it 2× “For the multitown districts, the major political parties followed the nomination procedures for district offices set forth in General Statutes § 9-382, which requires them to call a ‘‘state or district convention.”
Gottlieb v. Lamont (D. Conn. 2022). · cites it 2× “” Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-382 . “No such convention shall choose more than one candidate for nomination to any such office.”
Price v. Indep. Party of CT--State Cent. (Conn. 2016). “to primaries held under the provisions of this chapter’’); see also General Statutes § 9-381 (applying provisions of General Stat- utes §§ 9-382 through 9-450, which govern major parties, to ‘‘the nomination by a major party of any candidate for an elective office’’).”
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