On November 6, 2012, the state of Connecticut held elections for presidential electors, representatives and senators to the U.S. Congress, as well as the members of the Connecticut State Senate. The general elections saw a total turnout of 73.89%.
Primary elections were held on August 14 of the same year.
United States President
Connecticut selected the incumbent Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
United States House of Representatives
All five of the Connecticut seats to the House of Representatives were up for elections. The Democratic Party held on to all five seats.
United States Senate
Connecticut elected Chris Murphy, the former representative Member of the House of Representatives from Connecticut's 5th district.
Connecticut State Senate
All 36 of the seats in Connecticut State Senate were up for election. After the election, the Democratic Party held on to the majority with 22 seats. +Winning candidates for the State SenateDistrictsPartyCandidateVotes%1DemocraticJohn Fonfara20,67880.732DemocraticEric D. Coleman31,11485.503DemocraticGary LeBeau27,64070.564DemocraticSteve Cassano24,93056.515DemocraticBeth Bye34,542100.006DemocraticTerry Gerratana21,21272.097RepublicanJohn Kissel22,18250.588RepublicanKevin Witkos28,49860.039DemocraticPaul Doyle28,99567.1510DemocraticToni Harp27,121100.0011DemocraticMartin Looney28,689100.0012DemocraticEdward Meyer25,88853.2413DemocraticDanté Bartolomeo19,93450.3514DemocraticGayle Slossberg27,69664.3415DemocraticJoan Hartley19,92785.1516RepublicanJoe Markley22,45552.2017DemocraticJoe Crisco26,99471.1518DemocraticAndrew Maynard23,38060.8319DemocraticCathy Osten19,88251.5620DemocraticAndrea L. Stillman24,22260.2421RepublicanKevin C. Kelly28,528100.0022DemocraticAnthony Musto24,51267.3223DemocraticAndres Jr. Ayala19,84291.6224RepublicanMichael McLachlan18,53751.7225DemocraticBob Duff27,01566.9326RepublicanToni Boucher31,82458.5727DemocraticCarlo Leone19,83461.4928RepublicanJohn P. McKinney33,368100.0029DemocraticDonald E. Williams21,56762.3830RepublicanClark Chapin23,71254.9131RepublicanJason C. Welch20,50651.0932RepublicanRobert Kane28,59163.3733RepublicanArt Linares23,91548.3334RepublicanLen Fasano24,35958.0535RepublicanTony Guglielmo27,84059.5336RepublicanScott Frantz27,62360.96
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