Ambassador to Ireland and nominee for governor in 2010 Thomas C. Foley and Groton Town Councilor Heather Bond Somers.

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General George Jepsen is running for re-election to a second term in office.

[3] Incumbent Democratic Secretary of the State Denise Merrill is running for re-election to a second term in office.

[9] Financier, movie producer and political activist Bob Eick had also been running for the Republican nomination.

[12] Rolf Maurer of the Green Party, a perennial candidate for public office, is running a write-in campaign.