- Connecticut Senate election, 2008
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Gubernatorial elections Attorney General elections State Senate elections State House elections State elections 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 1 Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part) John W. Fonfara (D) Barbara J. Rhue
4,027John W. Fonfara
18,898WF
TP2 Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part) Eric D. Coleman (D) Veronica Airey-Wilson
8,123Eric D. Coleman
27,321WF3 East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor Gary LeBeau (D) No nomination Gary D. LeBeau
32,912WF4 Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough Mary Ann Handley (D) David H. Blackwell
20,282Mary Ann Handley
28,573WF5 Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford Jonathan A. Harris (D) Joseph Merritt
14,807Jonathan A. Harris
36,040WF6 Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain Donald J. DeFronzo (D) Thomas A. Bozek
9,941Donald J. DeFronzo
22,079WF7 East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks John A. Kissel (R) John A. Kissel
24,206WFGeorge Colli
19,8708 Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part) Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. (R) Kevin D. Witkos
26,853Arthur H. House
23,627WF9 Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part) Paul R. Doyle (D) Ralph Capenera
20,089Paul R. Doyle
27,48810 New Haven (part), West Haven (part) Toni N. Harp (D) Melissa Papantones
2,836Toni N. Harp
25,58611 Hamden (part), New Haven (part) Martin M. Looney (D) No nomination Martin M. Looney
29,426WF12 Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford Edward Meyer (D) Ryan Suerth
20,430Edward Meyer
30,56513 Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part) Thomas P. Gaffey (D) Tim Lenox
10,543Thomas P. Gaffey
30,476WF14 Milford, Orange, West Haven (part) Gayle Slossberg (D) Vincent Marino
16,776Gayle Slossberg
28,24815 Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part) Joan V. Hartley (D) No nomination Joan V. Hartley
21,839
TP16 Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott Sam S.F. Caligiuri (R) Sam S.F. Caligiuri
25,362
TPNo nomination 17 Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge Joe Crisco (D) Tamath K. Rossi
13,659Joe Crisco
25,553WF18 Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown Andrew M. Maynard (D) Anne P. Hatfield
13,189Andrew M. Maynard
27,38919 Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague Edith G. Prague (D) No nomination Edith G. Prague
32,458WF
RWI20 East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford Andrea L. Stillman (D) Thomas C. Simones
13,547Andrea L. Stillman
29,808
TP21 Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part) Dan Debicella (R) Dan Debicella
24,925Janice Andersen
21,334WF22 Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull Rob Russo (R) Robert D. Russo
17,994Anthony J. Musto
21,747WF
RWI23 Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part) Ed A. Gomes (D) Milton Johnson
2,308Edwin A. Gomes
21,213WF24 Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman David J. Cappiello (R) Michael A. McLachlan
19,262I
TPDuane E. Perkins
17,536WF25 Darien (part), Norwalk Bob Duff (D) Steve Papadakos
12,473Bob Duff
28,807WF26 Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton Judith G. Freedman (R) Toni Boucher
28,704John Hartwell
25,569WF27 Darien (part), Stamford (part) Andrew J. McDonald (D) Vacancy in nomination Andrew J. McDonald
25,946
RWI28 Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part) John P. McKinney (R) John McKinney
31,627Martin A. Goldberg
19,802WF29 Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D) Harry Carboni
9,163Donald E. Williams
27,733WF30 Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Winchester Andrew W. Roraback (R) Andrew Roraback
32,285Michael J. Renzullo
17,183WF31 Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth Thomas A. Colapietro (D) Vacancy in nomination Tomas A. Colapietro
29,229WF32 Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury Rob Kane (R) Robert J. Kane
28,571John McCarthy
22,432WF33 Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook Eileen M. Daily (D) Vincent A. Pacileo III
17,624Eileen M. Daily
30,326
TP34 East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford Len Fasano (R) Leonard A. Fasano
31,122WFNo nomination 35 Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock Tony Guglielmo (R) Tony Guglielmo
34,822Vacancy in nomination 36 Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part) William H. Nickerson (R) L. Scott Frantz
26,308
TPMark Diamond
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. http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/electionresults/2008_election_results/2008_state_senator.pdf. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
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