§ Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-705Grant for convention campaign for major party candidate for Governor; grants for primary and general election campaigns. Supplemental grants for petitioning and minor party candidates.

(a)(1)(A) The qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office of Governor shall be eligible to receive a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund for the convention campaign, in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-706 in the amount of eight hundred six thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars, provided in 2026, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this section. (B) The qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office of Governor who has a primary for nomination to said office shall be eligible to receive a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund for the primary campaign in the amount of (i) two million four hundred twenty thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars, if such candidate previously received a grant from the fund for the convention campaign, or (ii) three million two hundred twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, if such candidate did not previously receive a grant from the fund for the convention campaign, provided, in the case of a primary held in 2014, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this section. (2) The qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of Governor who has been nominated, or who has qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance with the provisions of subpart C of part III of chapter 153, shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of fifteen million four hundred ninety-two thousand dollars, provided (A) any such committee shall receive seventy-five per cent of said amount if such committee applies for such grant, in accordance with section 9-706 , on or after the seventieth day but before the fifty-sixth day preceding the election, (B) any such committee shall receive sixty-five per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the fifty-sixth day but before the forty-second day preceding the election, (C) any such committee shall receive fifty-five per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the forty-second day but before the twenty-eighth day preceding the election, (D) any such committee shall receive forty per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the twenty-eighth day preceding the election, and (E) in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this section. (3) (A) In the case of a new primary ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, including a new primary ordered pursuant to section 9-329a , a qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office of Governor who appears on the ballot for such new primary shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the new primary in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, provided in the case of a primary held in 2026, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. (B) In the case of an adjourned election pursuant to section 9-332 or a new election ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, including a new election ordered pursuant to section 9-324 , a qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of Governor who has been nominated, or has qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance with subpart C of part III of chapter 153, and who appears on the ballot for such adjourned election or new election shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, provided in the case of an election held in 2026, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. (b) (1) The qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer who has a primary for nomination to said office shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the primary campaign in the amount of three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, provided, in the case of a primary held in 2014, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section. (2) The qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer who has been nominated, or who has qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance with the provisions of subpart C of part III of chapter 153, shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, provided (A) any such committee shall receive seventy-five per cent of said amount if such committee applies for such grant, in accordance with section 9-706 , on or after the seventieth day but before the fifty-sixth day preceding the election, (B) any such committee shall receive sixty-five per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the fifty-sixth day but before the forty-second day preceding the election, (C) any such committee shall receive fifty-five per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the forty-second day but before the twenty-eighth day preceding the election, (D) any such committee shall receive forty per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the twenty-eighth day preceding the election, and (E) in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section. (3) (A) (i) In the case of a new primary ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, including a new primary ordered pursuant to section 9-329a , a qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer who appears on the ballot for such new primary shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the new primary in the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars, provided in the case of a primary held in 2026, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. (ii) In the case of an adjourned primary or a new primary for the office of Lieutenant Governor but not the office of Governor, where the party-endorsed candidate for Lieutenant Governor has declared prior to the primary that such candidate will campaign jointly with the party-endorsed candidate for Governor, pursuant to section 9-709 , the joint committee shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the adjourned primary or new primary in the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars, provided in the case of a primary held in 2026, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. (B) In the case of an adjourned election pursuant to section 9-332 or a new election ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, including a new election ordered pursuant to section 9-324 , a qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer who has been nominated, or has qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance with subpart C of part III of chapter 153, and who appears on the ballot for such adjourned election or new election shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars, provided in the case of an election held in 2026, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. (c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the qualified candidate committee of an eligible minor party candidate for the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign if the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at the last preceding regular election received at least ten per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election. The amount of the grant shall be one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, provided (A) if the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at the last preceding regular election received at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the amount of the grant shall be two-thirds of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, (B) if the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at the last preceding regular election received at least twenty per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the amount of the grant shall be the same as the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, and (C) in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the qualified candidate committee of an eligible petitioning party candidate for the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least ten per cent of the whole number of votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election. The amount of the grant shall be one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, provided (A) if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election, the amount of the grant shall be two-thirds of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, (B) if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least twenty per cent of the whole number of votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election, the amount of the grant shall be the same as the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, and (C) in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section. (3) In addition to the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, the qualified candidate committee of an eligible petitioning party candidate and the qualified candidate committee of an eligible minor party candidate for the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer shall be eligible to receive a supplemental grant from the fund after the general election if the treasurer of such candidate committee reports a deficit in the first statement filed after the general election, pursuant to section 9-608 , and such candidate received a greater percentage of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election than the percentage of votes utilized by such candidate to obtain a general election campaign grant described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection. The amount of such supplemental grant shall be calculated as follows: (A) In the case of any such candidate who receives more than ten per cent, but not more than fifteen per cent, of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the grant shall be the product of (i) a fraction in which the numerator is the difference between the percentage of such whole number of votes received by such candidate and ten per cent and the denominator is ten, and (ii) two-thirds of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a major party candidate for the same office. (B) In the case of any such candidate who receives more than fifteen per cent, but less than twenty per cent, of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the grant shall be the product of (i) a fraction in which the numerator is the difference between the percentage of such whole number of votes received by such candidate and fifteen per cent and the denominator is five, and (ii) one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a major party candidate for the same office. (C) The sum of the general election campaign grant received by any such candidate and a supplemental grant under this subdivision shall not exceed one hundred per cent of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a major party candidate for the same office. (d) (1) For elections held in 2026, and thereafter, the amount of the grants in subsection (a) of this section shall be adjusted by the State Elections Enforcement Commission not later than January 15, 2026, and quadrennially thereafter, in accordance with any change in the consumer price index for all urban