Connecticut Senate

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Connecticut Senate
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
President of the Senate	Michael Fedele, (R) since January 3, 2005
President pro Tempore	Donald E. Williams, Jr., (D) since July 1, 2005
Minority Leader	John P. McKinney, (R) since June 14, 2007
Structure
Members	36
Political groups	Democratic Party Republican Party
Election
Last election	November 4, 2008
Meeting place
File:Connecticut Senate.jpg
Senate Chamber, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, CT, US
Website
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/Senate.asp

The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 94,600 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits. The Connecticut State Senate is one of 14 state legislative upper houses whose members serve two-year terms; four-year terms are more common.

As in other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate is reserved with special functions such as confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state's executive departments, the state cabinet, commissions and boards. Unlike a majority of U.S. state legislatures, both the Connecticut House of Representatives and the State Senate vote on the composition to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

The Senate meets within the State Capitol in Hartford.

Contents 1 Leadership of the Senate 1.1 Current leadership 2 Make-up of the Senate 2.1 Members of the Senate 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Leadership of the Senate

The Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut serves as the President of the Senate, but only casts a vote if required to break a tie. In his or her absence, the President pro tempore presides over the Senate. The President pro tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution. The President pro tempore is the chief leadership position in the Senate. The Senate majority and minority leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses.

The President of the Senate is Michael Fedele of the Republican Party. The President pro tempore is Democrat Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Scotland). The Majority Leader is Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and the Minority Leader is John McKinney (R-Fairfield).

[edit] Current leadership

Position		Senator	District
	President/Lieutenant Governor	Michael Fedele
	President Pro Tempore	Donald E. Williams, Jr.	29
	Majority Leader	Martin M. Looney	11
	Minority Leader	John P. McKinney	28

[edit] Make-up of the Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	24	12	36	0
Begin	24	12	36	0
Latest voting share	66.7%	33.3%

[edit] Members of the Senate

District	Name	Party	Hometown	First Elected	Towns Represented
1	John Fonfara	Democrat	Hartford	1996	Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part)
2	Eric D. Coleman	Democratic	Bloomfield	1994	Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part)
3	Gary LeBeau	Democratic	East Hartford	1996	East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington (part), South Windsor
4	Mary Ann Handley	Democratic	Manchester	1996	Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough
5	Jonathan A. Harris	Democratic	West Hartford	2004	Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford
6	Donald J. DeFronzo	Democratic	New Britain	2002	Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain
7	John A. Kissel	Republican	Enfield	1992	East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks
8	Kevin Witkos	Republican	Simsbury	2008	Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part)
9	Paul R. Doyle	Democratic	Wethersfield	2006	Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part)
10	Toni N. Harp	Democratic	New Haven	1992	New Haven (part), West Haven (part)
11	Martin M. Looney	Democratic	New Haven	1993	Hamden (part), New Haven (part)
12	Edward Meyer	Democratic	Guilford	2004	Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford
13	Thomas P. Gaffey	Democratic	Meriden	1994	Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part)
14	Gayle Slossberg	Democratic	Milford	2004	Milford, Orange, West Haven (part)
15	Joan V. Hartley	Democratic	Waterbury	2000	Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part)
16	Sam Caligiuri	Republican	Waterbury	2006	Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott
17	Joseph J. Crisco, Jr.	Democrat	Woodbridge	1992	Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge
18	Andrew M. Maynard	Democrat	Stonington	2006	Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown
19	Edith G. Prague	Democrat	Columbia	1994	Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague
20	Andrea L. Stillman	Democratic	Waterford	2004	East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford
21	Dan Debicella	Republican	Shelton	2006	Monroe (part), Shelton, Seymour (part), Stratford (part)
22	Anthony Musto	Democratic	Bridgeport	2008	Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull
23	Ed A. Gomes	Democratic	Bridgeport	2005	Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part)
24	Michael McLachlan	Republican	Danbury	2008	Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman
25	Bob Duff	Democratic	Norwalk	2000	Darien (part), Norwalk
26	Toni Boucher	Republican	Wilton	2008	Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton
27	Andrew J. McDonald	Democratic	Stamford	2002	Darien (part), Stamford (part)
28	John P. McKinney	Republican	Southport	1998	Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part)
29	Donald E. Williams, Jr.	Democratic	Brooklyn	1992	Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham
30	Andrew W. Roraback	Republican	Goshen	2000	Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Winchester
31	Thomas A. Colapietro	Democratic	Bristol	1982	Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth
32	Rob Kane	Republican	Watertown	2008	Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury
33	Eileen M. Daily	Democratic	Westbrook	1992	Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook
34	Len Fasano	Republican	North Haven	2002	East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford
35	Tony Guglielmo	Republican	Stafford	1992	Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock
36	Scott Frantz	Republican	Greenwich	2008	Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part)

[edit] See also

• Connecticut State Capitol
• Connecticut General Assembly
• Connecticut House of Representatives

[edit] External links

• Connecticut State Senate
• Connecticut Senate Districts Map
• Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Connecticut

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