Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-416 (2026)

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If (1) at a state or district convention no person other than a party-endorsed candidate has received at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for a state or district office, and (2) within the time specified in section 9-400, no candidacy for nomination by a political party to a state or district office has been filed by or on behalf of a person other than a party-endorsed candidate in conformity with the provisions of section 9-400, no primary shall be held by such party for such office and the party-endorsed candidate for such office shall be deemed to have been lawfully chosen as the nominee of such party for such office.

(June, 1955, S. 587d; November, 1955, S. N67; 1958 Rev., S. 9-95; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 43; P.A. 79-616, S. 12; P.A. 93-342, S. 3; P.A. 03-241, S. 34.)

History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400 where appearing; P.A. 93-342 substituted “fifteen per cent” for “twenty per cent”; P.A. 03-241 inserted Subdiv. designators, substituted “section 9-400” for “sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive,” and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1995–2010 · leading case: Butts v. Bysiewicz, 5 A.3d 932 (Conn. 2010).

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Butts v. Bysiewicz, 5 A.3d 932 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 10× “” General Statutes §§ 9-416 and 9-416a address the circumstances under which there is to be a party primary, which is determined by reference to whether there is or is not a party endorsed candidate.”

Nielsen v. Kezer, 652 A.2d 1013 (Conn. 1995). · cites it 2× “Candidates so chosen shall run in the primary of such party as party-endorsed candidates, except as provided in section 9-416.” Article IV, § 2 (c), of the State Rules of A Connecticut Party provides: “town allocation of delegates “To any district convention to which a town is…”

Campbell v. Bysiewicz, 242 F. Supp. 2d 164 (D. Conn. 2003). · cites it 2× “See Conn. Gen.Stat. § 9-416. A preliminary injunction was warranted and the Secretary was enjoined from enforcing §§ 9-400(a) and 9-416, the 15% requirement, for the primary prior to the 2002 election.”

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