U.S. House · Connecticut's 1st District
Luke Bronin
Former Mayor of Hartford (2016–2024)D
- Race
- U.S. House · Connecticut's 1st District
- Result
- Luke Bronin, projected winner
- Opponents
- Amy Chai (R); Mary L. Sanders (G)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did6 statements · 0 votes
Reproductive freedom is a basic human right. Congress must pass federal protections for abortion access nationwide.
Protect legal access to abortion
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. House · 1
2026-11-03
| Luke Bronin D | challenger |
| Amy Chai R | challenger |
| Mary L. Sanders G | challenger |
Defeated 12-term incumbent Rep. John Larson in the August 11, 2026 Democratic primary
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
Reproductive freedom is a basic human right. Congress must pass federal protections for abortion access nationwide.
Says reproductive freedom is a basic human right and that Congress must pass federal protections for abortion access nationwide.[7]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
I'll fight for common-sense gun laws like universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, safe storage laws, red-flag laws, firearms education, accountability for repeat violent offenders, and serious consequences for gun dealers and gun manufacturers who break the law.
Supports universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, safe-storage laws, and red-flag laws.[7]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
We must end the cruelty and lawlessness of the Trump Administration immediately. I've outlined a plan to stop ICE's lawlessness in the short term while working to abolish ICE from the ground up in the longer term.
Calls for abolishing ICE and says he wants to stop what he describes as the agency's lawlessness in the short term while working to eliminate it in the long term.[7]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
As a member of Congress, one of my top priorities will be making sure that the federal government gets serious about housing.
Says making the federal government 'get serious about housing' will be one of his top priorities in Congress.[7]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
We need to protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, negotiate down the price of prescription drugs, and push for universal, affordable healthcare.
Says Congress should protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, negotiate down prescription drug prices, and push for universal, affordable healthcare.[7]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
We need a tax system that is progressive, fair, simple, and enforced. That means closing ridiculous loopholes, making it harder to shield huge fortunes from taxes for generation after generation, and ensuring the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations actually pay their fair share.
Says the tax code should be more progressive, closing loopholes so the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations 'actually pay their fair share.'[7]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Democrat Luke Bronin won the election for Connecticut's 1st Congressional District on November 3, 2026, defeating Amy Chai, according to unofficial results. A Yale-educated lawyer and Navy Reserve veteran, he worked at the U.S. Treasury Department and as general counsel to Gov. Dannel Malloy before serving two terms as Mayor of Hartford (2016-2024). He defeated incumbent Rep. John Larson in the August 2026 Democratic primary.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Bronin was born June 30, 1979, in Westchester County, New York, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.[6] He earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree (J.D.) from Yale University, and a master's degree from Balliol College, Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar.[6][5] He served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and deployed to Afghanistan from September 2010 to April 2011 as part of the military's anti-corruption task force, leaving active service as a lieutenant.[6][5]
After law school, Bronin worked at The Hartford insurance company, first as associate counsel and then as chief of staff to the president of its Property and Casualty Division.[6] He then served in President Barack Obama's first-term Treasury Department, first as senior advisor to Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin and then as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes. His campaign website says he was part of the team that created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[6][5] In January 2013 he became general counsel to Gov. Dannel Malloy, and in December 2014 the law firm Hinckley Allen announced he would join as a partner.[6]
Bronin was elected Mayor of Hartford in 2015 after defeating incumbent Pedro Segarra in the Democratic primary, was re-elected in 2019, and served from 2016 to 2024; he did not run for re-election in 2023. His campaign website says he led the effort to stabilize the city's finances and created the Hartford Youth Service Corps.[3][6][5] He ran for Governor of Connecticut in 2018 and suspended that campaign on April 16, 2018.[3]
Bronin announced his run for Congress on July 30, 2025, and won the Democratic Party's endorsement convention on May 11, 2026. He defeated incumbent Rep. John Larson, Jillian Gilchrest, and Ruth Fortune in the August 11, 2026 Democratic primary with 53.5% of the vote.[6][2][3] His campaign website emphasized costs, health care, housing, immigration reform and anti-corruption measures.[2][3][4][5][6] He won the November 3, 2026 general election with 67.3% of the vote to Amy Chai's 31%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- action2017 · As Mayor of Hartford (2016–2024), oversaw the city's finances during a 2017 fiscal crisis in which the city considered filing for bankruptcy before a state bailout kept it from doing so.[8]
In their own words
Priorities
- Says high costs of housing, healthcare, electricity, groceries, childcare, and eldercare are 'crushing almost everyone but the wealthiest Americans' and that he will focus on bringing down costs as a member of Congress.[7]
- Says the federal government needs to 'get serious about housing' and calls the housing crisis one of the biggest issues facing Connecticut.[7]
- Says the country needs 'new energy, new ideas, and new perspectives in Washington' and emphasizes building a political movement to defeat the Trump administration's agenda.[7]
Campaign money$3.1M raised · 99% from individuals · FEC through 2026-07-22
Totals this cycle
Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.
Who gave
- Individuals $3.0M
- PACs & committees $23K
Largest committee contributions
- Votevets PAC$10K
- Crosspartisan PAC I PAC$5,000
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee PAC$5,000
- North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America PAC$5,000
- Not So Old Fashioned PAC PAC$1,000
Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗
Profile: /people/luke-bronin
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Connecticut U.S. House District 1 election results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 2.United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.Luke Bronin · Ballotpedia Reference
- 4.Luke's Priorities for Connecticut · Luke Bronin for Congress Candidate's own words
- 5.Meet Luke Bronin · Luke Bronin for Congress Candidate's own words
- 6.Luke Bronin · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 7.Luke's Priorities for Connecticut · Luke Bronin for Congress Candidate's own words
- 8.Hartford, Connecticut · Wikipedia Reference