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Richard Blumenthal is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut, having served in the Senate since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1946 and grew up in Riverdale, New York. He graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School, and served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Before his Senate career, Blumenthal served as Connecticut's Attorney General for an extraordinary twenty years, from 1991 to 2011, building a national reputation as a consumer protection and antitrust litigator who took on major pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, and the tobacco industry.

In the Senate, Blumenthal serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee. He has been a leading voice on gun safety legislation, veterans' rights, and consumer protection, continuing the advocacy work that defined his tenure as state Attorney General. He has been particularly active on issues of sexual assault and domestic violence, and has worked across party lines on veterans' healthcare legislation. He serves Connecticut's significant defense manufacturing sector through his Armed Services Committee work.

Chris Murphy is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut, having served in the Senate since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in White Plains, New York, in 1973 and grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He graduated from Williams College and the University of Connecticut School of Law. Before his Senate career, Murphy served in the Connecticut State House, the Connecticut State Senate, and represented Connecticut's 5th Congressional District in the House from 2007 to 2013.

Murphy has become one of the Senate's most prominent voices on gun safety legislation, a cause he took up with exceptional intensity following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012. He conducted a fifteen-hour filibuster in 2016 to force Senate votes on gun legislation and was a key architect of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022, the most significant federal gun legislation passed in nearly thirty years. He also serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been a critic of U.S. arms sales to authoritarian governments.

John Larson is the United States Representative for Connecticut's 1st Congressional District, which covers Hartford and surrounding towns in the Connecticut River Valley. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the House since 1999. Larson was born in Hartford in 1948 and grew up in East Hartford. He graduated from Central Connecticut State University and worked as a high school teacher and baseball coach before entering politics, serving in the Connecticut State Senate and as Senate president pro tempore.

Larson is a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee and previously served as chair of the House Democratic Caucus, the fourth-ranking position in Democratic House leadership. He has been a consistent advocate for Social Security, working to update the program's benefits structure and cost-of-living calculations through the Social Security 2100 Act, his signature legislative priority. He is also a champion of Connecticut's insurance and financial services industry, which is heavily concentrated in the Hartford area.

Joe Courtney is the United States Representative for Connecticut's 2nd Congressional District, the eastern half of the state including Norwich, New London, and the shoreline communities. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the House since 2007. Courtney was born in Hartford in 1953 and graduated from Tufts University and the University of Connecticut School of Law. He worked as a public defender and private attorney before serving in the Connecticut State House and running for Congress.

Courtney serves on the House Armed Services Committee, where he is the top Democrat on the seapower subcommittee — a position of particular importance to Connecticut given that General Dynamics Electric Boat, the nation's primary manufacturer of nuclear submarines, operates major facilities in Groton and New London. He has been a tireless advocate for submarine procurement funding and has played a central role in shaping the Navy's submarine force posture. He has also focused on higher education affordability and has been a consistent voice for the AUKUS submarine partnership.

Rosa DeLauro is the United States Representative for Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District, which covers New Haven and surrounding communities in south-central Connecticut. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the House since 1991. DeLauro was born in New Haven in 1943 and has deep roots in the city's Italian American community; her father served on the New Haven Board of Aldermen for many years. She graduated from Marymount College and earned a master's degree in international politics from Columbia University. Before her congressional career, she served as chief of staff to Senator Christopher Dodd.

DeLauro is a senior member and former chair of the House Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful positions in Congress, and serves as ranking member on the committee's Agriculture subcommittee. She has been a leading advocate for child nutrition, expanding the Child Tax Credit, and raising the minimum wage for decades. Her advocacy for expanding the Child Tax Credit as part of the American Rescue Plan achieved a longtime goal and temporarily cut child poverty rates in the United States by nearly half.

Jim Himes is the United States Representative for Connecticut's 4th Congressional District, covering the affluent Fairfield County communities of Greenwich, Stamford, Bridgeport, and surrounding towns. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the House since 2009. Himes was born in Lima, Peru, in 1966, where his father worked for the Ford Foundation, and grew up in several countries before settling in the United States. He graduated from Harvard College as a Rhodes Scholar and Oxford University, then worked for Goldman Sachs for over a decade before joining a community development financial institution.

Himes serves as the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, making him the top Democrat on the committee responsible for congressional oversight of the CIA, NSA, and other intelligence agencies. He previously chaired the moderate New Democrat Coalition and is known as one of the more centrist members of the House Democratic caucus. His background in finance, his district's position as a hub of the hedge fund and financial services industry, and his intelligence committee role have made him a prominent voice on financial regulation, national security, and cybersecurity.

Jahana Hayes is the United States Representative for Connecticut's 5th Congressional District, which covers the northwestern portion of the state including Waterbury, Danbury, and the rural Litchfield Hills. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the House since 2019. Hayes was born and raised in Waterbury and attended Naugatuck Valley Community College and Southern Connecticut State University. She worked as a history teacher and administrator in Connecticut public schools, and in 2016 was named the National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Hayes made history as the first Black woman elected to Congress from Connecticut. She serves on the House Agriculture Committee and the House Education and the Workforce Committee, reflecting her background as an educator and her district's significant rural and farming communities. She has been a consistent advocate for rural broadband access, child nutrition programs, farm assistance, and public school funding. She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has focused on economic opportunity and educational equity for underserved communities in western Connecticut.