The Democratic and Republican primary elections will be held on August 14, a scant two weeks away. At stake are the races for governor, U.S. senator and U.S. representative, among others.

The Republican race for governor is particularly crowded, with five hopefuls running: Mark Boughton, Tim Herbst, Steve Obstinik, Bob Stefanowski and David Stemerman. On the Democratic side, Ned Lamont and Joe Ganim will be the choices.

The race to fill the seat of Democrat Elizabeth Esty in the Fifth Congressional District has drawn a lot of attention, with Mary Glassman and Jahana Hayes running for the Democratic nomination, and Manny Santos, Rich DuPont and Ruby Corby O’Neill competing for the Republican ticket.

While U.S. Senator Chris Murphy has no rivals on the Democratic ticket, there are two Republicans vying to contest his seat, Mathew Corey and Dominic Rapini.

Other nominations to be decided include lieutenant governor, attorney general and state treasurer.

Unregistered voters can still register in time to vote in the primaries if they act fast. Registrations must be received at Town Hall or made online (voterregistration.ct.gov) on or before August 9 in order to be accepted. It is now too late for registered voters to change their affiliation. Connecticut still has closed primaries, meaning voters must be registered Democrats or Republicans to vote in their party’s primary. (Twenty states have open primaries that allow registered voters, either affiliated or unaffiliated, to vote in any primary.)