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Endorses Borras
The race
Connecticut House District 115 elects one representative on November 3, 2026, for a two-year term. The incumbent, Bill Heffernan (Democratic), is on the general-election ballot. The district's 2024 presidential baseline was D+21.4 (Wikipedia results summary — a baseline, not a rating). No published district-level competitiveness rating was located for this district at this sourcing depth; chamber-level ratings (Sabato's Crystal Ball and State Navigate, both Safe D for the chamber) are not district ratings and are not presented as one. The confirmed general-election roster, from the Connecticut Secretary of the State's 2026 General Election Guide (Appendix II), is: Robert Barry (Independent Party); Victor Borras (Republican); William Heffernan III (Democratic).
The Wikipedia general-election table omits Robert Barry (Independent Party), who appears on the SOS list; roster follows the SOS list.
The candidates, claim by claim
Robert Barry (Independent Party), nominee. Robert Barry appears on the confirmed general-election roster for this district (Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2026 General Election Guide, Appendix II), on the Independent Party line. No detailed record file for this candidate was verified at this sourcing depth, and none is invented here.
Pros: An additional choice on the ballot beyond the two major parties. Cons: No record toward this publication's values was verified at this sourcing depth. The flaw, plainly: None proven was located in the compiled record; no extremist classification is made — no documented DSA membership, self-described democratic-socialist identification, or authored socialist program was located for this candidate.
Victor Borras (R), nominee. Victor Borras appears on the confirmed general-election roster for this district (Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2026 General Election Guide, Appendix II). No detailed voting-record, biography, or signature-claim file for this candidate was verified at this sourcing depth, and none is invented here.
Pros: The Republican nominee in a race where the Democratic alternative is a party-line candidacy with no Manchin-test break located; Republicans and conservatives are in-tent under this publication's values (Constitution, capitalism and the free market, Christianity, freedom). Cons: No service record was verified at this sourcing depth — the candidacy is unproven, which is a watch posture, not a demerit. The flaw, plainly: None proven — unproven is not a flaw.
William Heffernan III (D), nominee. William Heffernan III appears on the confirmed general-election roster for this district (Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2026 General Election Guide, Appendix II). No detailed voting-record, biography, or signature-claim file for this candidate was verified at this sourcing depth, and none is invented here.
Pros: A willing nominee giving the district's Democratic voters a choice on the ballot. Cons: A party-line Democrat with no documented break with the party toward this publication's values located — no Manchin-test break. The organizing vote adds to a Democratic caucus whose program this publication opposes; that caucus weight is lighter in the House than in the Senate, but it does not create an exception where no break exists. The flaw, plainly: Enabler class, not extremist — a reliable party-line vote, which is the standing reason the exception for a Democrat is not earned here.
OUR CALL
We endorse Victor Borras (R) — as unproven, and on watch. Victor Borras is the Republican nominee; the Democratic alternative does not pass the Manchin test on any record located, and no proven flaw disqualifying the Republican was located. The endorsement carries the unproven form because no prior service record for the nominee was located at this sourcing depth: support, with the record to be watched — unproven is a watch posture, never a demerit. No extremist classification is made for any candidate here: no documented DSA membership, self-described democratic-socialist identification, or authored socialist program was located for any candidate on this ballot, and enabler is not extremist.
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Sources
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2026 General Election Guide, Appendix II: 2026 Candidates — official general-election roster, party and fusion lines (portal.ct.gov): https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/voter_guide/2026/2026_voter_guide_final.pdf?rev=4eaa300798fe46f9a5722765c5e7226d&;
- Wikipedia, "2026 Connecticut House of Representatives election" — results summary: incumbent, incumbent party, open-seat markers, retirements and primary outcomes, 2024 presidential baseline by district: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Connecticut_House_of_Representatives_election
- Record gaps: no district-level competitiveness rating, detailed legislative voting record, biography beyond the offices and ballot status stated, or campaign-finance file was verified for the candidates in this district at this sourcing depth
- Standing check: no pedophile-association material meeting the proven standard (knowing association with or defense of a convicted pedophile) was located for any candidate on this ballot
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
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