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.
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.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Stateline | October 15, 2008
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) John W. Fonfara18,898WFTP 2 Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part) Eric D. Coleman (D) 3 East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor Gary LeBeau (D) 4 Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough Mary Ann Handley (D) 5 Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford Jonathan A. Harris (D) 6 Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain Donald J. DeFronzo (D) 7 East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks John A. Kissel (R) 8 Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part) Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. (R) 9 Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part) Paul R. Doyle (D) 10 New Haven (part), West Haven (part) Toni N. Harp (D) 11 Hamden (part), New Haven (part) Martin M. Looney (D) 12 Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford Edward Meyer (D) 13 Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part) Thomas P. Gaffey (D) 14 Milford, Orange, West Haven (part) Gayle Slossberg (D) 15 Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part) Joan V. Hartley (D) 16 Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott Sam S.F. Caligiuri (R) 17 Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge Joe Crisco (D) 18 Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown Andrew M. Maynard (D) 19 Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague Edith G. Prague (D) Edith G. Prague32,458WFRWI 20 East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford Andrea Stillman (D) 21 Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part) Dan Debicella (R) 22 Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull Rob Russo (R) Anthony J. Musto21,747WFRWI 23 Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part) Ed A. Gomes (D) 24 Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman David J. Cappiello (R) Michael A. McLachlan19,262ITP 25 Darien (part), Norwalk Bob Duff (D) 26 Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton Judith Freedman (R) 27 Darien (part), Stamford (part) Andrew J. McDonald (D) 28 Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part) John P. McKinney (R) 29 Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D) 30 Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Winchester Andrew W. Roraback (R) 31 Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth Thomas A. Colapietro (D) 32 Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury Rob Kane (R) 33 Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook Eileen M. Daily (D) 34 East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford Len Fasano (R) 35 Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock Tony Guglielmo (R) 36 Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part) William H. Nickerson (R) 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.
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