2024 Connecticut State Senate election

2024 Connecticut State Senate election
All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic gain; Democratic hold Republican hold
President pro tempore of the Senate before election; Martin Looney; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore of the Senate ; TBD;

The 2024 Connecticut State Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.^[1] Primary elections took place on August 13, 2024.

Democrats won one new seat, increasing their supermajority to 25 of the 36 Senate seats.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
270toWin^[2]	Safe D	June 21, 2024
CNalysis^[3]	Safe D	June 11, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[4]	Safe D	June 18, 2024

Retirements

One incumbent did not seek re-election.

Democrats

District 22: Marilyn Moore retired.^[5]

Summary of results

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1	John Fonfara	Dem	John Fonfara	Dem Hold
2	Douglas McCrory	Dem	Douglas McCrory	Dem Hold
3	Saud Anwar	Dem	Saud Anwar	Dem Hold
4	MD Rahman	Dem	MD Rahman	Dem Hold
5	Derek Slap	Dem	Derek Slap	Dem Hold
6	Rick Lopes	Dem	Rick Lopes	Dem Hold
7	John Kissel	Rep	John Kissel	Rep Hold
8	Lisa Seminara	Rep	Paul Honig	Dem Gain
9	Matt Lesser	Dem	Matt Lesser	Dem Hold
10	Gary Winfield	Dem	Gary Winfield	Dem Hold
11	Martin Looney	Dem	Martin Looney	Dem Hold
12	Christine Cohen	Dem	Christine Cohen	Dem Hold
13	Jan Hochadel	Dem	Jan Hochadel	Dem Hold
14	James Maroney	Dem	James Maroney	Dem Hold
15	Joan Hartley	Dem	Joan Hartley	Dem Hold
16	Rob Sampson	Rep	Rob Sampson	Rep Hold
17	Jorge Cabrera	Dem	Jorge Cabrera	Dem Hold
18	Heather Somers	Rep	Heather Somers	Rep Hold
19	Cathy Osten	Dem	Cathy Osten	Dem Hold
20	Martha Marx	Dem	Martha Marx	Dem Hold
21	Kevin C. Kelly	Rep	Kevin C. Kelly	Rep Hold
22	Marilyn Moore	Dem	Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox	Dem Hold
23	Herron Gaston	Dem	Herron Gaston	Dem Hold
24	Julie Kushner	Dem	Julie Kushner	Dem Hold
25	Bob Duff	Dem	Bob Duff	Dem Hold
26	Ceci Maher	Dem	Ceci Maher	Dem Hold
27	Patricia Billie Miller	Dem	Patricia Billie Miller	Dem Hold
28	Tony Hwang	Rep	Tony Hwang	Rep Hold
29	Mae Flexer	Dem	Mae Flexer	Dem Hold
30	Stephen Harding	Rep	Stephen Harding	Rep Hold
31	Henri Martin	Rep	Henri Martin	Rep Hold
32	Eric Berthel	Rep	Eric Berthel	Rep Hold
33	Norman Needleman	Dem	Norman Needleman	Dem Hold
34	Paul Cicarella	Rep	Paul Cicarella	Rep Hold
35	Jeff Gordon	Rep	Jeff Gordon	Rep Hold
36	Ryan Fazio	Rep	Ryan Fazio	Rep Hold

Detailed Results

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Senator John Fonfara is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 1st State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Fonfara (incumbent)		%
Total votes				%

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Senator Douglas McCrory is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 2nd State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Douglas McCrory (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Kristin Hoffman	%
Total votes			%

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Senator Saud Anwar is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 3rd State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Saud Anwar (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Matt Siracusa	%
Total votes			%

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Senator MD Rahman is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 4th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	MD Rahman (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Stephen King	%
Total votes			%

District 5

Incumbent Democrat Senator Derek Slap is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 5th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Derek Slap (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Kyla Zimmermann	%
Total votes			%

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Senator Rick Lopes is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 6th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Rick Lopes (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Tremell J. Collins	%
Total votes			%

District 7

Incumbent Republican Senator John Kissel is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 7th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	John Kissel (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Mangini	%
Total votes			%

District 8

Incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Seminara is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 8th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Lisa Seminara (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Paul Honig	%
Total votes			%

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Senator Matt Lesser is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 9th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Lesser (incumbent)		%
Total votes				%

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Senator and Majority whip Gary Winfield is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 10th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Gary Winfield (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Nyrell Moore	%
Total votes			%

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Senator and President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate Martin Looney is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 11th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Martin Looney (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Steve Orosco	%
Total votes			%

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Senator Christine Cohen is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 12th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Christine Cohen (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Paul Crisci	%
Total votes			%

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Senator Jan Hochadel is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 13th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Jan Hochadel (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Elain Cariati	%
	Independent	Gwen Samuel	%
Total votes			%

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Senator James Maroney is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 14th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	James Maroney (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Steven Johnstone	%
Total votes			%

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Senator Joan Hartley is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 15th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Hartley (incumbent)		%
Total votes				%

District 16

Incumbent Republican Senator Rob Sampson is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 16th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Rob Sampson (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Christopher R. Robertson	%
Total votes			%

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Senator Jorge Cabrera is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 17th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Jorge Cabrera (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Crystal Dailey	%
Total votes			%

District 18

Incumbent Republican Senator Heather Somers is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 18th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Heather Somers (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Andrew Parrella	%
Total votes			%

District 19

Incumbent Democrat Senator Cathy Osten is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 19th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Cathy Osten (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Jason Guidone	%
Total votes			%

District 20

Incumbent Democrat Senator Martha Marx is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 20th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Martha Marx (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Shaun Mastroianni	%
Total votes			%

District 21

Incumbent Republican Senator Kevin C. Kelly is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 21st State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin C. Kelly (incumbent)		%
Total votes				%

District 22

Incumbent Democrat Senator Marilyn Moore is not running for re-election.

Democratic primary^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox	1,753	41.06%
	Democratic	Bill Finch	1,188	27.83%
	Democratic	Tyler Mack	732	17.15%
	Democratic	Scott Burns	596	13.96%
Total votes			4,269	100.00%

Connecticut's 22nd State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox	%
	Republican	Christopher Carrena	%
Total votes			%

District 23

Incumbent Democrat Senator Herron Gaston is running for re-election.

Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herron Gaston (incumbent)	1,824	71.61%
	Democratic	Ernie Newton	723	28.39%
Total votes			2,547	100.00%

Connecticut's 23rd State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Herron Gaston (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Brian Banacowski	%
Total votes			%

District 24

Incumbent Democrat Senator Julie Kushner is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 24th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Julie Kushner (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Michelle Coelho	%
Total votes			%

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Senator and Majority leader Bob Duff is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 25th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Bob Duff (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Martin Tagliaferro	%
Total votes			%

District 26

Incumbent Democrat Senator Ceci Maher is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Ceci Maher (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Kami Evans	%
Total votes			%

District 27

Incumbent Democrat Senator Patricia Billie Miller is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 27th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Patricia Billie Miller (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Nicola Tarzia	%
Total votes			%

District 28

Incumbent Republican Senator Tony Hwang is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 28th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Tony Hwang (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Robert Blanchard	%
Total votes			%

District 29

Incumbent Democrat Senator Mae Flexer is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 29th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Mae Flexer (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Christopher Reddy	%
Total votes			%

District 30

Incumbent Republican Senator and Minority leader Stephen Harding is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 30th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Stephen Harding (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Justin Potter	%
Total votes			%

District 31

Incumbent Republican Senator Henri Martin is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 31st State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henri Martin (incumbent)		%
Total votes				%

District 32

Incumbent Republican Senator Eric Berthel is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 32nd State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Eric Berthel (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Jeffrey Desmarais	%
Total votes			%

District 33

Incumbent Democrat Senator Norman Needleman is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 33rd State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Norman Needleman (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Jeffrey Duigou	%
Total votes			%

District 34

Incumbent Republican Senator Paul Cicarella is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 34th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Paul Cicarella (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Brandi Mandato	%
	Green	David Bedell	%
Total votes			%

District 35

Incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Gordon is running for re-election.

Connecticut's 35th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Jeff Gordon (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Merry C. Garrett	%
Total votes			%

District 36

Incumbent Republican Senator Ryan Fazio won re-election to a third term against Nicholas Simmons, the former deputy Chief of Staff to governor Ned Lamont and brother of Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons.^[7]

The previous Democratic candidate for this district, Trevor Crow, initially ran for this seat again, but dropped out after Democratic town committees in Greenwich and New Canaan selected delegates to the nominating convention who publicly supported Simmons.^[8]

Connecticut's 36th State Senate district election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Fazio (incumbent)	29,293	51.73%
	Total	Nicholas Simmons	27,334	48.27%
	Democratic	Nicholas Simmons	26,583	46.94%
	Independent Party	Nicholas Simmons	751	1.33%
Total votes			56,627	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

^ "Connecticut State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "State Legislature Interactive Map: State House - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
^ "State Leg. Home". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
^ Jacobson, Louis (June 18, 2024). "2024's Battleground State Legislative Chambers". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
^ Ragland, Jamil (May 8, 2024). "House Celebrates Retiring Members; Moore Leaving Senate". CT News Junkie. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^ "Statewide Reporting Statistics". Connecticut Secretary of State.
^ Blye, Andy (February 21, 2024). "Nick Simmons, Stamford mayor's brother, hopes to challenge Fazio and re-flip CT state Senate seat". Greenwich Time.
^ Blye, Andy (April 1, 2024). "Trevor Crow drops out of District 36 CT senate race, sets up fight between Ryan Fazio, Nick Simmons". Greenwich Time.

[1] "Connecticut State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[2] "State Legislature Interactive Map: State House - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

[3] "State Leg. Home". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

[4] Jacobson, Louis (June 18, 2024). "2024's Battleground State Legislative Chambers". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

[5] Ragland, Jamil (May 8, 2024). "House Celebrates Retiring Members; Moore Leaving Senate". CT News Junkie. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[6] "Statewide Reporting Statistics". Connecticut Secretary of State.

[7] Blye, Andy (February 21, 2024). "Nick Simmons, Stamford mayor's brother, hopes to challenge Fazio and re-flip CT state Senate seat". Greenwich Time.

[8] Blye, Andy (April 1, 2024). "Trevor Crow drops out of District 36 CT senate race, sets up fight between Ryan Fazio, Nick Simmons". Greenwich Time.

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