Connecticut's 8th Senate District

The Eighth Senate District of Connecticut elects one member of the Connecticut Senate. Its current Senator is Republican Kevin Witkos, who was first elected in 2008. The district contains the towns of Norfolk, Hartland, Canton, Simsbury, New Hartford, Avon, Barkhamsted, Colebrook and parts of Granby, Harwinton and Torrington.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Lewis B. Rome	Republican	1971 - 1979	Bloomfield	Did not run for reelection
Russell L. Post, Jr.	Republican	1979 – 1983	Canton	Did not run for reelection
Reginald J. Smith, Jr.	Republican	1983 – 1991	New Hartford	Did not run for reelection
James T. Fleming	Republican	1991 – 1999	Simsbury	Did not run for reelection
Thomas J. Herlihy	Republican	1999 – 2009	Simsbury	Did not run for reelection
Kevin Witkos	Republican	2009 – present	Canton	Incumbent

Recent elections

State Election 2010: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin Witkos	26,417	65.3	+12.1
	Democratic	Donald J. O'Brien	13,479	33.3	-9.2
	Working Families	Donald J. O'Brien	547	1.4	-2.9
Majority			12,391
Turnout			40,443
	Republican hold		Swing	+12.1

State Election 2008: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin Witkos	26,853	53.2	+2.7
	Democratic	Arthur House	21,440	42.5	-5.3
	Working Families	Arthur House	2,187	4.3	+2.6
Majority			3,226
Turnout			50,480
	Republican hold		Swing	+2.7

State Election 2006: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas J. Herlihy	19,336	50.5	-10.3
	Democratic	Steve Berry	18,306	47.8	+16.3
	Working Families	Steve Berry	663	1.7	-0.9
Majority			367
Turnout			38,305
	Republican hold		Swing	-12.8

State Election 2004: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas J. Herlihy	28,492	60.8	-3.9
	Democratic	Israel I. Gordon	14,766	31.5	+0.2
	Green	Thomas J. Sevigny	2,371	5.1	+1.1
	Working Families	Caitlin Reid Sullivan	1,224	2.6	+2.6
Majority			13,726
Turnout			46,853
	Republican hold		Swing	-2.1

State Election 2002: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas J. Herlihy	22,327	64.7	-35.3
	Democratic	Kelvin Hecht	10,826	31.3	+31.3
	Green	Thomas J. Sevigny	1,382	4.0	+4.0
Majority			11,501
Turnout			34,535
	Republican hold		Swing	-33.3

State Election 2000: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas J. Herlihy	31,815	100.0	+33.6
Majority			31,815	100.0
Turnout			31,815
	Republican hold		Swing	+33.6

State Election 1998: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas J. Herlihy	22,510	66.4	-2.5
	Democratic	Riki Sotil	11,380	33.6	+2.5
Majority			11,130
Turnout			33,890
	Republican hold		Swing	-2.5

State Election 1996: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James T. Fleming	30,487	68.9	+1.4
	Democratic	John R. Bement	13,766	31.1	+9.7
Majority			16,721
Turnout			44,253
	Republican hold		Swing	+1.4

State Election 1994: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James T. Fleming	25,361	67.5	+8.6
	Democratic	Bill Rocks	8,014	21.4	-5.5
	A Connecticut Party	Bill Rocks	4,159	11.1	-3.1
Majority			13,188
Turnout			37,534
	Republican hold		Swing	+7.1

State Election 1992: Senate District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James T. Fleming	27,277	58.9
	Democratic	Bill Rocks	12,440	26.9
	A Connecticut Party	James B. Lowell, Jr.	6,598	14.2
Majority			14,837
Turnout			46,315
	Republican hold		Swing

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