2008 Connecticut Senate election

The Connecticut Senate election, 2008 was held on November 4, 2008, to elect Senators to the Connecticut State 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.

2008 Connecticut State Senate election

November 4, 2008
All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate 19 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Donald Williams John McKinney Party Democratic Republican Leader since July 1, 2004 June 2007 Leader's seat 29th 28th Last election 24 12 Seats before 24 13 Seats after 24 12 Seat change 1 1
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold
President pro tempore of the Senate before election Donald Williams Democratic Elected President pro tempore of the Senate Donald Williams Democratic

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. 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 4,027	John W. Fonfara 18,898WF TP
2	Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part)	Eric D. Coleman (D)	Veronica Airey-Wilson 8,123	Eric D. Coleman 27,321WF
3	East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor	Gary LeBeau (D)	No nomination	Gary D. LeBeau 32,912WF
4	Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough	Mary Ann Handley (D)	David H. Blackwell 20,282	Mary Ann Handley 28,573WF
5	Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford	Jonathan A. Harris (D)	Joseph Merritt 14,807	Jonathan A. Harris 36,040WF
6	Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain	Donald J. DeFronzo (D)	Thomas A. Bozek 9,941	Donald J. DeFronzo 22,079WF
7	East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks	John A. Kissel (R)	John A. Kissel 24,206WF	George Colli 19,870
8	Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part)	Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. (R)	Kevin D. Witkos 26,853	Arthur H. House 23,627WF
9	Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part)	Paul R. Doyle (D)	Ralph Capenera 20,089	Paul R. Doyle 27,488
10	New Haven (part), West Haven (part)	Toni N. Harp (D)	Melissa Papantones 2,836	Toni N. Harp 25,586
11	Hamden (part), New Haven (part)	Martin M. Looney (D)	No nomination	Martin M. Looney 29,426WF
12	Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford	Edward Meyer (D)	Ryan Suerth 20,430	Edward Meyer 30,565
13	Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part)	Thomas P. Gaffey (D)	Tim Lenox 10,543	Thomas P. Gaffey 30,476WF
14	Milford, Orange, West Haven (part)	Gayle Slossberg (D)	Vincent Marino 16,776	Gayle Slossberg 28,248
15	Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part)	Joan V. Hartley (D)	No nomination	Joan V. Hartley 21,839 TP
16	Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott	Sam S.F. Caligiuri (R)	Sam S.F. Caligiuri 25,362 TP	No nomination
17	Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge	Joe Crisco (D)	Tamath K. Rossi 13,659	Joe Crisco 25,553WF
18	Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown	Andrew M. Maynard (D)	Anne P. Hatfield 13,189	Andrew M. Maynard 27,389
19	Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague	Edith G. Prague (D)	No nomination	Edith G. Prague 32,458WF RWI
20	East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford	Andrea Stillman (D)	Thomas C. Simones 13,547	Andrea L. Stillman 29,808 TP
21	Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part)	Dan Debicella (R)	Dan Debicella 24,925	Janice Andersen 21,334WF
22	Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull	Rob Russo (R)	Robert D. Russo 17,994	Anthony J. Musto 21,747WF RWI
23	Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part)	Ed A. Gomes (D)	Milton Johnson 2,308	Edwin A. Gomes 21,213WF
24	Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman	David J. Cappiello (R)	Michael A. McLachlan 19,262I TP	Duane E. Perkins 17,536WF
25	Darien (part), Norwalk	Bob Duff (D)	Steve Papadakos 12,473	Bob Duff 28,807WF
26	Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton	Judith Freedman (R)	Toni Boucher 28,704	John Hartwell 25,569WF
27	Darien (part), Stamford (part)	Andrew J. McDonald (D)	Vacancy in nomination	Andrew J. McDonald 25,946 RWI
28	Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part)	John P. McKinney (R)	John McKinney 31,627	Martin A. Goldberg 19,802WF
29	Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham	Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D)	Harry Carboni 9,163	Donald E. Williams 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)	Andrew Roraback 32,285	Michael J. Renzullo 17,183WF
31	Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth	Thomas A. Colapietro (D)	Vacancy in nomination	Tomas A. Colapietro 29,229WF
32	Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury	Rob Kane (R)	Robert J. Kane 28,571	John McCarthy 22,432WF
33	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 17,624	Eileen M. Daily 30,326 TP
34	East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford	Len Fasano (R)	Leonard A. Fasano 31,122WF	No nomination
35	Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock	Tony Guglielmo (R)	Tony Guglielmo 34,822	Vacancy in nomination
36	Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part)	William H. Nickerson (R)	L. Scott Frantz 26,308 TP	Mark 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.