2010 Connecticut Senate election
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The 2010 Connecticut Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect members to the Connecticut Senate, one from each of the state's 36 Senatorial districts. The date of this the election corresponded with other elections in the state, including ones for governor, U.S. Senate, and the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Senators elected are serving a two-year term, which began in January 2011.
The 2010 election cycle saw the election or re-election of 23 Democrats and 13 Republicans to fill the Senate's 36 seats. The only change in party representation occurred in the 31st District, where the incumbent Democrat was defeated, yielding a gain by the Republican Party. Three re-elected senators, all Democrats, resigned following the election, creating vacancies later filled by special elections on February 22, 2011.[1]
Results
Results of the 2010 Connecticut Senate election.[2] 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) | 3,478 |
11,980WF TP |
2 | Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part) | Eric D. Coleman (D) | 20,918WF | |
3 | East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor | Gary LeBeau (D) | 10,782 |
19,159WF |
4 | Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough | Mary Ann Handley (D) | 18,488 |
18,561WF |
5 | Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford | Jonathan A. Harris (D) | 15,183 |
25,085WF |
6 | Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain | Donald J. DeFronzo (D) | 7,307 |
15,556WF |
7 | East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks | John A. Kissel (R) | 17,272 RWI |
16,286 |
8 | Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part) | Kevin Witkos (R) | 26,417 |
14,026WF |
9 | Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part) | Paul R. Doyle (D) | 13,727 |
21,582 |
10 | New Haven (part), West Haven (part) | Toni N. Harp (D) | 16,294 | |
11 | Hamden (part), New Haven (part) | Martin M. Looney (D) | 5,597 |
19,438WF |
12 | Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford | Edward Meyer (D) | 19,567 |
21,311 |
13 | Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part) | Thomas P. Gaffey (D) | 13,238 |
18,369WF |
14 | Milford, Orange, West Haven (part) | Gayle Slossberg (D) | 14,339 |
19,420I |
15 | Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part) | Joan V. Hartley (D) | 14,178 TP | |
16 | Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott | Sam S.F. Caligiuri (R) | 16,861 TP |
14,607WF |
17 | Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge | Joe Crisco (D) | 12,292 |
16,666WF |
18 | Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown | Andrew M. Maynard (D) | 12,126 |
17,972 |
19 | Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague | Edith G. Prague (D) | 14,795 |
15,597WF |
20 | East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford | Andrea L. Stillman (D) | 11,003 |
20,340 TP |
21 | Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part) | Dan Debicella (R) | 22,455 |
10,864 |
22 | Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull | Anthony Musto (D) | 12,899 |
14,861WF |
23 | Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part) | Ed A. Gomes (D) | 275 |
10,797WF |
24 | Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman | Michael McLachlan (R) | 15,649I |
10,956WF |
25 | Darien (part), Norwalk | Bob Duff (D) | 10,358 |
18,767 |
26 | Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton | Toni Boucher (R) | 25,417 |
16,262WF |
27 | Darien (part), Stamford (part) | Andrew J. McDonald (D) | 10,321 |
14,750 |
28 | Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part) | John P. McKinney (R) | 26,249 |
12,694 |
29 | Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham | Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D) | 17,214 TP | |
30 | Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Winchester | Andrew W. Roraback (R) | 27,379 TP RWI |
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31 | Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth | Thomas A. Colapietro (D) | 14,717 |
13,944WF |
32 | Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury | Rob Kane (R) | 28,909 |
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33 | Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook | Eileen M. Daily (D) | 17,851 |
21,069 TP |
34 | East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford | Len Fasano (R) | 23,454WF |
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35 | Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock | Tony Guglielmo (R) | 23,996 |
13,889WF |
36 | Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part) | L. Scott Frantz (R) | 21,926 TP |
13,001 |
- Notes
† Denotes resignation after election. Vacancy later filled by a special election on February 22, 2011.[1]
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 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
- ^ a b "List of Candidates – February 22, 2011 Special Elections" (PDF). Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
- ^ "Election results for State Senator". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Retrieved February 10, 2011.