The Connecticut Senate election, 2006 was held on November 7, 2006, to elect Senators to the Connecticut State Senate for the term which began in January 2007 and ended in January 2009. It occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the state's gubernatorial election.

The 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 two seats which changed control – one from Democratic to Republican, and one from Republican to Democratic.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of Rothenberg | November 4, 2006

Results Results of the 2006 Connecticut Senate election. Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.

District Constituency Incumbent Senator Republican candidate(percent won) Democratic candidate(percent won) 1 Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part) John W. Fonfara (D) No nomination0% John W. Fonfara94.1%WFTP 2 Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part) Eric D. Coleman (D) Asim A. Hanif15.2% Eric D. Coleman84.8%WF 3 East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor Gary LeBeau (D) Eric A. Thompson Sr.28.2% Gary D. LeBeau71.8%WF 4 Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough Mary Ann Handley (D) Stewart "Chip" Beckett III38.9% Mary Ann Handley61.1%WF 5 Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford Jonathan A. Harris (D) Kimberly E. Ryder29.3% Jonathan A. Harris70.7%WF 6 Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain Donald J. DeFronzo (D) Vacancy in nomination0% Donald J. DeFronzo100%WFRWI 7 East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks John A. Kissel (R) John A. Kissel52.7% William A. Kiner47.3% 8 Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part) Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. (R) Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr.50.5% Steve Berry49.5%WF 9 Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part) Biagio "Billy" Ciotto (D) Ralph Capenera40.3% Paul R. Doyle58.4%TP 10 New Haven (part), West Haven (part) Toni N. Harp (D) Melissa Papantones12.3% Toni N. Harp87.7% 11 Hamden (part), New Haven (part) Martin M. Looney (D) No nomination0% Martin M. Looney100% 12 Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford Edward Meyer (D) Gregg Hannan35.7% Edward Meyer64.3% 13 Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part) Thomas P. Gaffey (D) Tod O. Dixon23.3% Thomas P. Gaffey76.7%WF 14 Milford, Orange, West Haven (part) Gayle Slossberg (D) Barbara L. Lisman35.9% Gayle Slossberg64.1% 15 Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part) Joan V. Hartley (D) No candidate0% Joan V. Hartley88.2%TP 16 Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott Chris Murphy (D) Sam S.F. Caligiuri54.8% David Zoni45.2%I 17 Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge Joe Crisco (D) Boaz Itshaky22.7% Joe Crisco77.3%WF 18 Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown Cathy W. Cook (R) Lenny T. Winkler48.6% Andrew M. Maynard51.4% 19 Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague Edith G. Prague (D) Matthew Daly30.4% Edith G. Prague69.6% 20 East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford Andrea Stillman (D) Christopher F. Oliveira39.4% Andrea L. Stillman60.6% 21 Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part) George L. "Doc" Gunther (R) Dan Debicella52.2% Christopher Jones47.8%WF 22 Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull Bill A. Finch (D) Robert D. Russo45.6% Bill Finch54.4%RWI 23 Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part) Ed A. Gomes (D) Jerry Blackwell13.1% Edwin A. Gomes86.9%WF 24 Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman David J. Cappiello (R) David J. Cappiello100% No nomination0% 25 Darien (part), Norwalk Bob Duff (D) Friedrich Wilms34.3% Bob Duff65.7%WF 26 Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton Judith Freedman (R) Judith G. Freedman55.6% Craig Rebecca Schiavone44.4% 27 Darien (part), Stamford (part) Andrew J. McDonald (D) Rick Giordano37.7% Andrew J. McDonald62.3% 28 Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part) John P. McKinney (R) John P. McKinney100% No nomination0% 29 Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D) David R. Lyon24.2% Donald E. Williams, Jr.75.8% 30 Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Winchester Andrew W. Roraback (R) Andrew Roraback67% Matthew F. Brennan33%WF 31 Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth Thomas A. Colapietro (D) Beverly R. Bobroske41.5% Tom Colapietro58.5% 32 Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury Louis C. DeLuca (R) Louis C. DeLuca89.3%TPRWI No candidate0% 33 Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook Eileen M. Daily (D) Salvatore Nucifora26.4% Eileen M. Daily71.6%TP 34 East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford Len Fasano (R) Leonard A. Fasano85.6%TP Vacancy in nomination0% 35 Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock Tony Guglielmo (R) Tony Guglielmo99.95%WFRWI Vacancy in nomination0% 36 Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part) William H. Nickerson (R) William H. Nickerson58.6%TP Frank A. Farricker40.1% Notes TP Denotes that a minor, third party candidate also ran in this district's election.

RWI Denotes that a registered write-in candidate was also present in this district's election. However, all write-ins received no votes in their respective district's election, except for 13 received in the 35th District.

WF Denotes that this candidate also ran on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party. The vote percentage won by this candidate includes both their Working Families and their party of affiliation figures combined.

I Denotes that this candidate also ran on the independent line. The vote percentage won by this candidate includes both their independent and their party of affiliation figures combined.

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