2026 Connecticut Senate election

2026 Connecticut State Senate election
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All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Democratic incumbent Democratic incumbent retiring or lost renomination; Republican incumbent Republican incumbent retiring
Incumbent President Pro Tempore; Martin Looney; Democratic	; ;

The 2026 Connecticut State Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026, alongside the other 2026 United States elections.^[1] Voters will elect members of the Connecticut State Senate in all 36 of the U.S. state of Connecticut's legislative districts to serve a two-year term.^[2]

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District	2024 Pres.^[5]	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	D+37.5	John Fonfara	Dem	TBD
2nd	D+65.4	Douglas McCrory	Dem	TBD
3rd	D+22.7	Saud Anwar	Dem	TBD
4th	D+26.2	MD Rahman	Dem	TBD
5th	D+37.6	Derek Slap	Dem	TBD
6th	D+12.0	Rick Lopes	Dem	TBD
7th	D+2.2	John Kissel	Rep	TBD
8th	D+9.8	Paul Honig	Dem	TBD
9th	D+14.7	Matthew Lesser	Dem	TBD
10th	D+61.2	Gary Winfield	Dem	TBD
11th	D+53.0	Martin Looney	Dem	TBD
12th	D+14.2	Christine Cohen	Dem	TBD
13th	D+15.4	Jan Hochadel	Dem	TBD
14th	D+3.3	James Maroney	Dem	TBD
15th	D+6.9	Joan Hartley	Dem	TBD
16th	R+9.7	Robert Sampson	Rep	TBD
17th	D+12.7	Jorge Cabrera	Dem	TBD
18th	D+5.3	Heather Somers	Rep	TBD
19th	D+6.4	Catherine Osten	Dem	TBD
20th	D+17.9	Martha Marx	Dem	TBD
21st	R+0.5	Jason Perillo	Rep	TBD
22nd	D+18.8	Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox	Dem	TBD
23rd	D+50.9	Herron Gaston	Dem	TBD
24th	D+7.4	Julie Kushner	Dem	TBD
25th	D+28.0	Bob Duff	Dem	TBD
26th	D+32.9	Ceci Maher	Dem	TBD
27th	D+28.1	Patricia Billie Miller	Dem	TBD
28th	D+18.3	Tony Hwang	Rep	TBD
29th	D+3.5	Mae Flexer	Dem	TBD
30th	D+0.9	Stephen Harding	Rep	TBD
31st	R+8.0	Henri Martin	Rep	TBD
32nd	R+9.2	Eric Berthel	Rep	TBD
33rd	D+9.4	Norman Needleman	Dem	TBD
34th	R+4.6	Paul Cicarella	Rep	TBD
35th	D+3.0	Jeff Gordon	Rep	TBD
36th	D+16.8	Ryan Fazio	Rep	TBD

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Fonfara (incumbent)		%
Total votes				%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maryam Khan	3,889	40.6%
	Democratic	Ayana Taylor	3,080	32.2%
	Democratic	Doug McCrory (incumbent)	2,605	27.2%
Total votes				98%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Maryam Khan	%
	Republican	Tim Knotts	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Saud Anwar (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Elliot Hughes	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	MD Rahman (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Jenn Jennings	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Rick Lopes (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Tremell Collins	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	John Kissel (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	David Kiner	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Paul Honig (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Mike Criss	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Matt Lesser (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Grant Polomsky	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Al Paolillo	%
	Workers' Voice Party	Rosa Pepper-Macias	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Christine Cohen (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Lisa Deane	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Fazzino	3,157	63.2%
	Democratic	Jim Jinks	1,841	36.8%
Total votes			4,998	100%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	James Maroney (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Owen Weaver	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Joan Hartley (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Ruben Rodriguez	%
Total votes			%

Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Guidone	1,162	56.22%
	Republican	Mike France	905	43.78%
Total votes			2,067	100.00%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Robert Sampson (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Jack Perry	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Jorge Cabrera (incumbent)	%
	Republican	John-Paul Dorais	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Heather Somers (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Joe de la Cruz	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Catherine Osten (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Jason Guidone	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Martha Marx (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Lee Elci	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Jason Perillo (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Carolann Reid	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Scott Modlin	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Julie Kushner (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Melissa Lindsey	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Bob Duff (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Justin Perry	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Samantha Nestor	%
	Republican	Alma Sarelli	%
Total votes			%

Republicans

Democrats

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District 5

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District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

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District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

District 36

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Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Amybeth Laroche	%
	Democratic	Rob Blanchard	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Mae Flexer (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Christopher Reddy	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Stephen Harding (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Aaron Zimmer	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Henri Martin (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Laurel LaPorte-Grimes	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Eric Berthel (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Matt Knickerbocker	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Norman Needleman (incumbent)	%
	Republican	Charles Ferraro	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Paul Cicarella (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Brandi Mandato	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Jeff Gordon (incumbent)	%
	Democratic	Ethan Werstler	%
Total votes			%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Joseph Kelly	%
	Democratic	Jill Oberlander	%
Total votes			%