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2006 Connecticut Senate election

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{{Infobox election

|election_name = 2006 Connecticut State Senate election

|country = Connecticut

|type = legislative

|ongoing = no

|previous_election = 2004 Connecticut State Senate election

|previous_year = 2004

|next_election = 2008 Connecticut State Senate election

|next_year = 2008

|seats_for_election= All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate

|majority_seats = 19

|election_date = November 7, 2006

|image1 = File:Donald E. Williams Jr. (8589839864).jpg

| image_size = 150x150px

|leader1 = Donald Williams

|party1 = Connecticut Democratic Party

|leader_since1 = July 1, 2004

|leaders_seat1 = 29th

|last_election1 = 24

|seat_change1 = {{Steady}}

|seats_after1 = 24

|popular_vote1 =

|percentage1 =

|image2 = File:3x4.svg

|leader2 = Louis DeLuca

|leader_since2 = 2001

|party2 = Connecticut Republican Party

|leaders_seat2 = 32nd

|last_election2 = 12

|seat_change2 = {{Steady}}

|seats_after2 = 12

|map_image = 2006 Connecticut Senate Election.svg

|map_size = 300px

|map_caption = Results:
{{legend0|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}} {{legend0|#0671B0|Democratic gain}}
{{legend0|#F48882|Republican hold}} {{legend0|#CA0120|Republican gain}}

|title = President pro tempore of the Senate

|before_election = Donald Williams

|before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

|after_election = Donald Williams

|after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Elections in Connecticut}}

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

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!Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Rothenberg{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=November 4, 2006 |title=State Legislature Ratings |url=https://www.insideelections.com/news/article/state-legislature-ratings |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=www.insideelections.com |language=en}}

| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| November 4, 2006

Results

Results of the 2006 Connecticut Senate election.{{Cite web|url=http://ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392586|title=Vote for State Senators – November 7, 2006|publisher=Secretary of the State of Connecticut|access-date=May 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605155313/http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392586|archive-date=June 5, 2010|url-status=dead}} Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.

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!District !! Constituency !! Incumbent Senator !! Republican candidate
(percent won) !! Democratic candidate
(percent won)

1

| Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part)

John W. Fonfara (D)

|align="center"| No nomination
0%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | John W. Fonfara
94.1%WF
TP

2

| Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part)

| Eric D. Coleman (D)

align="center" | Asim A. Hanif
15.2%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Eric D. Coleman
84.8%WF

3

| East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor

| Gary LeBeau (D)

|align="center"| Eric A. Thompson Sr.
28.2%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Gary D. LeBeau
71.8%WF

4

| Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough

Mary Ann Handley (D)

|align="center"| Stewart "Chip" Beckett III
38.9%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Mary Ann Handley
61.1%WF

5

| Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford

| Jonathan A. Harris (D)

|align="center"| Kimberly E. Ryder
29.3%

{{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Jonathan A. Harris
70.7%WF
6

| Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain

Donald J. DeFronzo (D)

|align="center"| Vacancy in nomination
0%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Donald J. DeFronzo
100%WF
RWI

7

| East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks

John A. Kissel (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | John A. Kissel
52.7%

|align="center"| William A. Kiner
47.3%

8

| Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part)

| Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr.
50.5%

|align="center"| Steve Berry
49.5%WF

9

| Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part)

| Biagio "Billy" Ciotto (D)

|align="center"| Ralph Capenera
40.3%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Paul R. Doyle
58.4%
TP

10

| New Haven (part), West Haven (part)

| Toni N. Harp (D)

|align="center"| Melissa Papantones
12.3%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Toni N. Harp
87.7%

11

| Hamden (part), New Haven (part)

| Martin M. Looney (D)

align="center" | No nomination
0%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Martin M. Looney
100%

12

| Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford

| Edward Meyer (D)

|align="center"| Gregg Hannan
35.7%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Edward Meyer
64.3%

13

| Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part)

| Thomas P. Gaffey (D)

|align="center"| Tod O. Dixon
23.3%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Thomas P. Gaffey
76.7%WF

14

| Milford, Orange, West Haven (part)

| Gayle Slossberg (D)

|align="center"| Barbara L. Lisman
35.9%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Gayle Slossberg
64.1%

15

| Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part)

| Joan V. Hartley (D)

|align="center"| No candidate
0%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Joan V. Hartley
88.2%
TP

16

| Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott

| Chris Murphy (D)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | Sam S.F. Caligiuri
54.8%

|align="center"| David Zoni
45.2%I

17

| Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge

| Joe Crisco (D)

|align="center"| Boaz Itshaky
22.7%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Joe Crisco
77.3%WF

18

| Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown

| Cathy W. Cook (R)

|align="center"| Lenny T. Winkler
48.6%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Andrew M. Maynard
51.4%

19

| Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague

| Edith G. Prague (D)

|align="center"| Matthew Daly
30.4%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Edith G. Prague
69.6%

20

| East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford

| Andrea Stillman (D)

|align="center"| Christopher F. Oliveira
39.4%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Andrea L. Stillman
60.6%

21

| Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part)

| George L. "Doc" Gunther (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | Dan Debicella
52.2%

|align="center"| Christopher Jones
47.8%WF

22

| Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull

| Bill A. Finch (D)

align="center" | Robert D. Russo
45.6%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Bill Finch
54.4%
RWI

23

| Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part)

| Ed A. Gomes (D)

|align="center"| Jerry Blackwell
13.1%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Edwin A. Gomes
86.9%WF

24

| Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman

| David J. Cappiello (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | David J. Cappiello
100%

|align="center"| No nomination
0%

25

| Darien (part), Norwalk

| Bob Duff (D)

|align="center"| Friedrich Wilms
34.3%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Bob Duff
65.7%WF

26

| Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton

| Judith Freedman (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | Judith G. Freedman
55.6%

|align="center"| Craig Rebecca Schiavone
44.4%

27

| Darien (part), Stamford (part)

| Andrew J. McDonald (D)

|align="center"| Rick Giordano
37.7%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Andrew J. McDonald
62.3%

28

| Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part)

| John P. McKinney (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | John P. McKinney
100%

|align="center"| No nomination
0%

29

| Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham

| Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D)

|align="center"| David R. Lyon
24.2%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | 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)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | Andrew Roraback
67%

|align="center"| Matthew F. Brennan
33%WF

31

| Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth

| Thomas A. Colapietro (D)

|align="center"| Beverly R. Bobroske
41.5%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Tom Colapietro
58.5%

32

| Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury

| Louis C. DeLuca (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | Louis C. DeLuca
89.3%
TP
RWI

|align="center"| No candidate
0%

33

| Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook

| Eileen M. Daily (D)

|align="center"| Salvatore Nucifora
26.4%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align="center" | Eileen M. Daily
71.6%
TP

34

| East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford

| Len Fasano (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | Leonard A. Fasano
85.6%
TP

|align="center"| Vacancy in nomination
0%

35

| Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock

| Tony Guglielmo (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | Tony Guglielmo
99.95%WF
RWI

|align="center"| Vacancy in nomination
0%

36

| Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part)

| William H. Nickerson (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}} align="center" | William H. Nickerson
58.6%
TP

|align="center"| Frank A. Farricker
40.1%

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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