Connecticut Senate election, 2008
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The Connecticut Senate election, 2008 was held on November 4, 2008 to elect Senators to the Connecticut Senate for the term which began in January 2009 and ended in January 2011. The election occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the quadrennial U.S. presidential election.
The 2008 election saw the election or re-election of 24 Democrats and 12 Republicans to fill the Senate's 36 seats. The incumbent party in each district held onto control of their respective seats in the election, except for one seat which changed control from Republican to Democratic.
Results
Results of the 2008 Connecticut Senate election.[1] Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.
| District | Constituency | Incumbent | Votes for Republican candidate | Votes for Democratic candidate |
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| 1 | Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part) | John W. Fonfara (D) | 4,027 |
18,898WF TP |
| 2 | Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part) | Eric D. Coleman (D) | 8,123 |
27,321WF |
| 3 | East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor | Gary LeBeau (D) | |
32,912WF |
| 4 | Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough | Mary Ann Handley (D) | 20,282 |
28,573WF |
| 5 | Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford | Jonathan A. Harris (D) | 14,807 |
36,040WF |
| 6 | Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain | Donald J. DeFronzo (D) | 9,941 |
22,079WF |
| 7 | East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks | John A. Kissel (R) | 24,206WF |
19,870 |
| 8 | Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part) | Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. (R) | 26,853 |
23,627WF |
| 9 | Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part) | Paul R. Doyle (D) | 20,089 |
27,488 |
| 10 | New Haven (part), West Haven (part) | Toni N. Harp (D) | 2,836 |
25,586 |
| 11 | Hamden (part), New Haven (part) | Martin M. Looney (D) | |
29,426WF |
| 12 | Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford | Edward Meyer (D) | 20,430 |
30,565 |
| 13 | Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part) | Thomas P. Gaffey (D) | 10,543 |
30,476WF |
| 14 | Milford, Orange, West Haven (part) | Gayle Slossberg (D) | 16,776 |
28,248 |
| 15 | Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part) | Joan V. Hartley (D) | |
21,839 TP |
| 16 | Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott | Sam S.F. Caligiuri (R) | 25,362 TP |
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| 17 | Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge | Joe Crisco (D) | 13,659 |
25,553WF |
| 18 | Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown | Andrew M. Maynard (D) | 13,189 |
27,389 |
| 19 | Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague | Edith G. Prague (D) | |
32,458WF RWI |
| 20 | East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford | Andrea L. Stillman (D) | 13,547 |
29,808 TP |
| 21 | Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part) | Dan Debicella (R) | 24,925 |
21,334WF |
| 22 | Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull | Rob Russo (R) | 17,994 |
21,747WF RWI |
| 23 | Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part) | Ed A. Gomes (D) | 2,308 |
21,213WF |
| 24 | Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman | David J. Cappiello (R) | 19,262I TP |
17,536WF |
| 25 | Darien (part), Norwalk | Bob Duff (D) | 12,473 |
28,807WF |
| 26 | Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton | Judith G. Freedman (R) | 28,704 |
25,569WF |
| 27 | Darien (part), Stamford (part) | Andrew J. McDonald (D) | |
25,946 RWI |
| 28 | Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part) | John P. McKinney (R) | 31,627 |
19,802WF |
| 29 | Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham | Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D) | 9,163 |
27,733WF |
| 30 | Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Winchester | Andrew W. Roraback (R) | 32,285 |
17,183WF |
| 31 | Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth | Thomas A. Colapietro (D) | |
29,229WF |
| 32 | Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury | Rob Kane (R) | 28,571 |
22,432WF |
| 33 | Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook | Eileen M. Daily (D) | 17,624 |
30,326 TP |
| 34 | East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford | Len Fasano (R) | 31,122WF |
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| 35 | Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock | Tony Guglielmo (R) | 34,822 |
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| 36 | Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part) | William H. Nickerson (R) | 26,308 TP |
17,912 |
- Notes
TP Denotes that a minor, third party candidate (or candidates) also ran in this district's election.
RWI Denotes that a registered write-in candidate (or candidates) was also present in this district's election.
WF Denotes that this candidate also ran on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party. The votes won by this candidate include both their Working Families and their party of affiliation figures combined.
I Denotes that this candidate also ran on the independent line. The votes won by this candidate include both their independent and their party of affiliation figures combined.
References
- ↑ "Election results for State Senator" (PDF). Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
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