The 2010 Connecticut Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect members to the Connecticut State 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.
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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
editResults 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part) | John W. Fonfara (D) | Barbara Rhue
3,478 |
John W. Fonfara
11,980WF TP |
| 2 | Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part) | Eric D. Coleman (D) | None
|
Eric D. Coleman
20,918WF |
| 3 | East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor | Gary LeBeau (D) | Robert L. Gonzalez
10,782 |
Gary D. LeBeau
19,159WF |
| 4 | Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough | Mary Ann Handley (D) | Stewart "Chip" Beckett
18,488 |
Steve Cassano
18,561WF |
| 5 | Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford | Jonathan A. Harris (D) | Joseph Merritt
15,183 |
Beth Bye
25,085WF |
| 6 | Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain | Donald J. DeFronzo (D) | Henry Zembko
7,307 |
Donald J. DeFronzo †
15,556WF |
| 7 | East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks | John A. Kissel (R) | John A. Kissel
17,272 RWI |
Karen M. Jarmoc
16,286 |
| 8 | Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part) | Kevin Witkos (R) | Kevin Witkos
26,417 |
Donald J. O'Brien
14,026WF |
| 9 | Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part) | Paul R. Doyle (D) | Dom Mazzoccoli
13,727 |
Paul R. Doyle
21,582 |
| 10 | New Haven (part), West Haven (part) | Toni N. Harp (D) | None
|
Toni N. Harp
16,294 |
| 11 | Hamden (part), New Haven (part) | Martin M. Looney (D) | Matthew J. Corcoran
5,597 |
Martin M. Looney
19,438WF |
| 12 | Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford | Edward Meyer (D) | Lisa Davenport
19,567 |
Edward Meyer
21,311 |
| 13 | Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part) | Thomas P. Gaffey (D) | Len Suzio
13,238 |
Thomas P. Gaffey †
18,369WF |
| 14 | Milford, Orange, West Haven (part) | Gayle Slossberg (D) | Vincent Marino
14,339 |
Gayle Slossberg
19,420I |
| 15 | Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part) | Joan V. Hartley (D) | None
|
Joan V. Hartley
14,178 TP |
| 16 | Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott | Sam S.F. Caligiuri (R) | John N. Barry
14,607WF | |
| 17 | Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge | Joe Crisco (D) | Tamath K. Rossi
12,292 |
Joe Crisco
16,666WF |
| 18 | Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown | Andrew M. Maynard (D) | Stuart R. Norman, Jr.
12,126 |
Andrew M. Maynard
17,972 |
| 19 | Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague | Edith G. Prague (D) | Sean Sullivan
14,795 |
Edith G. Prague
15,597WF |
| 20 | East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford | Andrea Stillman (D) | Daniel Docker
11,003 |
Andrea Stillman
20,340 TP |
| 21 | Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part) | Dan Debicella (R) | Kevin C. Kelly
22,455 |
James R. Miron
10,864 |
| 22 | Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull | Anthony Musto (D) | David R. Pia
12,899 |
Anthony J. Musto
14,861WF |
| 23 | Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part) | Ed A. Gomes (D) | Milton Johnson
275 |
Edwin A. Gomes
10,797WF |
| 24 | Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman | Michael McLachlan (R) | Michael A. McLachlan
15,649I |
Alice M. Hutchinson
10,956WF |
| 25 | Darien (part), Norwalk | Bob Duff (D) | Artie Kassimis
10,358 |
Bob Duff
18,767 |
| 26 | Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton | Toni Boucher (R) | Toni Boucher
25,417 |
John Hartwell
16,262WF |
| 27 | Darien (part), Stamford (part) | Andrew J. McDonald (D) | Bob Kolenberg
10,321 |
Andrew J. McDonald †
14,750 |
| 28 | Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part) | John P. McKinney (R) | John McKinney
26,249 |
Mitchell Fuchs
12,694 |
| 29 | Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham | Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D) | None
|
Donald E. Williams
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) | Andrew Roraback
27,379 TP RWI |
None
|
| 31 | Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth | Thomas A. Colapietro (D) | Jason Welch
14,717 |
Tom Colapietro
13,944WF |
| 32 | Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury | Rob Kane (R) | Robert J. Kane
28,909 |
None
|
| 33 | Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook | Eileen M. Daily (D) | Neil Nichols
17,851 |
Eileen M. Daily
21,069 TP |
| 34 | East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford | Len Fasano (R) | Leonard A. Fasano
23,454WF |
None
|
| 35 | Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock | Tony Guglielmo (R) | Tony Guglielmo
23,996 |
Susan Eastwood
13,889WF |
| 36 | Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part) | L. Scott Frantz (R) | L. Scott Frantz
21,926 TP |
Nancy E. Barton
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
edit- ^ a b "List of Candidates – February 22, 2011 Special Elections" (PDF). Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
- ^ "Election results for State Senator". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Archived from the original on June 19, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.