{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-416","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-416","heading":"No-contest nominations; state or district office.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 9. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 153*. NOMINATIONS AND POLITICAL PARTIES","PART III. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_153.htm#sec_9-416","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:57Z","sha256":"e0ac26698d5326523b46019788e7479b4687ce6f5dbba29af7322348671a579d","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-415","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-416a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}