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Elections for the office of Connecticut State Senate were held in Connecticut on November 6, 2012. A total of 36 seats were up for election.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was June 12, 2012. The primary election was August 14, 2012.

See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2012 and State legislative elections, 2012

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 6 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the Connecticut State Senate:

Connecticut State Senate
Party		As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	22	22
	Republican Party	14	14
Total		36	36

Incumbents retiring

A total of three incumbents did not run for re-election in 2012. Those incumbents were:

Name	Party	Current Office
Edith Prague	Democratic	Senate District 19
Andrew Roraback	Republican	Senate District 30
Eileen Daily	Democratic	Senate District 33

Campaign contributions

See also: State-by-state comparison of donations to state senate campaigns

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Connecticut in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.^[1]

Year	Number of candidates	Total contributions
2010	78	$5,156,062
2008	79	$5,410,734
2006	73	$4,431,204
2004	88	$4,416,892
2002	76	$3,700,656

In 2010, the total campaign contributions raised in senate elections was $5,157,062. The top 10 overall contributors were: ^[2]

Donor	Amount
Public Fund	$3,631,306
Public Fund	$176,895
Public Funding	$88,307
Senate Democrats Victory PAC	$42,651
Democrats for New Leadership	$38,520
Working Families Party	$14,853
Democratic Senate Majority PAC of Connecticut	$14,150
Senate Republican Campaign Cmte of Connecticut	$11,412
Frantz, L Scott	$6,500
Senate Republican Majority Cmte of Connecticut	$5,195

Qualifications

Article III, Section 3 of the Connecticut Constitution states: The senate shall consist of not less than thirty and not more than fifty members, each of whom shall be an elector residing in the senatorial district from which he is elected. Each senatorial district shall be contiguous as to territory and shall elect no more than one senator.

Map of Connecticut Senate Districts with less than 10% party registration differential before and after the 2010 redistricting. A total of 6 legislative districts meet the criteria before and after 2010.

Impact of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Connecticut

The Connecticut General Assembly bears primary responsibility for redistricting. To this end, the legislature appoints an 8-member bi-partisan committee tasked with drafting new maps. Between 2000 and 2010, Connecticut saw 4.9 percent population growth, only half the national average.^[3]

In a repeat of the redistricting process following the 1990 and 2000 censuses, the 8 member reapportionment committee failed to adopt a plan by the September 15 deadline. The 8 members were then appointed by the governor to a redistricting commission and selected a ninth member to act as tie-breaker.

With time running out to meet their November 30 deadline,^[4] the redistricting commission agreed on a new House map on November 28.^[5] Gov. Dan Malloy was critical of the process, stating, "They should get their act together and get reapportionment done. It's an odd number of people. Get a vote, and get it done, and stop playing around with it."^[6]

In the final hours before the deadline, the commission approved a plan for state Senate districts.^[7]

List of candidates

Note: In Connecticut:

Endorsed candidates must be chosen at a party convention.
No more than one candidate is allowed to be nominated for any office at the convention.
That candidate then runs in the primary as a "party-endorsed candidate".
Both endorsed and non-endorsed candidates must receive at least 15% of the vote at a convention or gather enough signatures to equal 2% of enrolled party members.
If there is only one candidate, no primary is held.

The only districts with contested primaries in 2012 were District 19, District 23, and District 33.

District 1

August 14 Democratic primary:

John Fonfara a Incumbent Fonfara first assumed office in 1997.

August 14 GOP primary:

Barbara Ruhe a

November 6 General election candidates:

John Fonfara: 20,678

Barbara Ruhe: 4,447

Jeffery Russell: 488

District 2

August 14 Democratic primary:

Eric Coleman a Incumbent Coleman first assumed office in 1995.

August 14 GOP primary:

Malvi Garcia Lennon a

November 6 General election candidates:

Eric Coleman: 31,114

Malvi Garcia Lennon: 5,276

District 3

August 14 Democratic primary:

Gary LeBeau a Incumbent LeBeau first assumed office in 1997.

August 14 GOP primary:

Hector Reveron a

November 6 General election candidates:

Gary LeBeau: 27,640

Hector Reveron: 11,531

District 4

August 14 Democratic primary:

Steve Cassano a Incumbent Cassano first assumed office in 2011.

August 14 GOP primary:

Cheri Ann Pelletier a

November 6 General election candidates:

Steve Cassano: 24,930

Cheri Ann Pelletier: 19,184

District 5

August 14 Democratic primary:

Beth Bye a Incumbent Bye first assumed office in 2011.

August 14 GOP primary:

Vacancy in Endorsement^[8]

Note: Justin Clark was running but no longer appears on the list of candidates.

November 6 General election candidates:

Beth Bye: 34,542

District 6

August 14 Democratic primary:

Terry Gerratana a Incumbent Gerratana first assumed office in 2011.

August 14 GOP primary:

Dwight F. Blint a

November 6 General election candidates:

Terry Gerratana: 21,212

Dwight F. Blint: 8,211

District 7

August 14 Democratic primary:

Karen Jamoc a

August 14 GOP primary:

John Kissel a Incumbent Kissel first assumed office in 1993.

November 6 General election candidates:

Karen Jamoc: 21,674

John Kissel: 22,182

Elizabeth Traceski (Write-In)

Note: Traceski was not listed in official results.

District 8

August 14 Democratic primary:

Daniel J. Seger a

August 14 GOP primary:

Kevin Witkos a Incumbent Witkos first assumed office in 2009.

November 6 General election candidates:

Daniel J. Seger: 18,974

Kevin Witkos: 28,498

District 9

August 14 Democratic primary:

Paul Doyle a Incumbent Doyle first assumed office 2007.

August 14 GOP primary:

Joe Dinunzio a

November 6 General election candidates:

Paul Doyle: 28,995

Joe Dinunzio: 14,187

District 10

August 14 Democratic primary:

Toni Harp a Incumbent Harp first assumed office in 1993.

August 14 GOP primary:

No candidates filed to run.

November 6 General election candidates:

Toni Harp: 27,121

District 11

August 14 Democratic primary:

Martin Looney a Incumbent Looney first assumed office in 1993.

August 14 GOP primary:

No candidates filed to run.

November 6 General election candidates:

Martin Looney: 28,689

District 12

August 14 Democratic primary:

Edward Meyer a Incumbent Meyer first assumed office in 2005.

August 14 GOP primary:

Cindy Cartier a

November 6 General election candidates:

Edward Meyer: 25,888

Cindy Cartier: 22,736

District 13

August 14 Democratic primary:

Dante Bartolomeo a

August 14 GOP primary:

Len Suzio a Incumbent Suzio first assumed office in 2011. He also ran on the We the People line.

November 6 General election candidates:

Dante Bartolomeo: 19,934

Len Suzio: 19,655

District 14

August 14 Democratic primary:

Gayle Slossberg a Incumbent Slossberg first assumed office in 2005.

August 14 GOP primary:

Michael DeGrego a

November 6 General election candidates:

Gayle Slossberg: 27,696

Michael DeGrego: 15,347

District 15

August 14 Democratic primary:

Joan Hartley a Incumbent Hartley was first elected in 2001.

August 14 GOP primary:

No candidates filed to run.

November 6 General election candidates:

Joan Hartley: 19,927

Blair Bertaccini: 1,140

Andrew "Andy" Larsen: 2,334

District 16

August 14 Democratic primary:

Corky Mazurek a

August 14 GOP primary:

Joe Markley a Incumbent Markley first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Corky Mazurek: 20,561

Joe Markley: 22,455

District 17

August 14 Democratic primary:

Joseph Crisco a Incumbent Crisco first assumed office in 1993.

August 14 GOP primary:

Vacancy in Endorsement^[8]

Note: Warner C. Pyre, III was running but no longer appears on the list of candidates.

November 6 General election candidates:

Joseph Crisco: 26,994

Tony Szewczyk: 10,944

District 18

August 14 Democratic primary:

Andrew Maynard a Incumbent Maynard first assumed office in 2007.

August 14 GOP primary:

Theresa Madonna a

November 6 General election candidates:

Andrew Maynard: 23,380

Theresa Madonna: 15,053

District 19

Note: Incumbent Edith Prague (D) did not seek re-election.

August 14 Democratic primary:

Tom Reynolds: 1,668
Catherine A. Osten: 2,269 a

August 14 GOP primary:

Christopher Coutu a

November 6 General election candidates:

Catherine A. Osten: 19,882

Christopher Coutu: 18,679

District 20

August 14 Democratic primary:

Andrea Stillman a Incumbent Stillman first assumed office in 2005.

August 14 GOP primary:

Mike Doyle a

November 6 General election candidates:

Andrea Stillman: 24,222

Mike Doyle: 15,323

Marc Guttman: 665

District 21

August 14 Democratic primary:

No candidates filed to run.

August 14 GOP primary:

Kevin C. Kelly a Incumbent Kelly first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Kevin C. Kelly: 28,528

John M. Dempsey (Write-In)

Note: Dempsey was not listed in official results.

District 22

August 14 Democratic primary:

Anthony Musto a Incumbent Musto first assumed office in 2009.

August 14 GOP primary:

Chadwick Ciocci a

November 6 General election candidates:

Anthony Musto: 24,512

Chadwick Ciocci: 11,898

District 23

August 14 Democratic primary:

Ernest E. Newton, II: 1,739
Andres Ayala, Jr.: 2,129 a
Edwin Gomes: 1,138 - Incumbent Gomes first assumed office in 2005.

Note: While Gomes lost the Democratic nomination, he initially continued to run for the seat on the Working Families Party ticket, but did not appear on the final list of candidates.^[9]

August 14 GOP primary:

Caz Mizera a

November 6 General election candidates:

Andres Ayala, Jr.: 19,842

Caz Mizera: 1,815

District 24

August 14 Democratic primary:

Jason W. Bartlett a

August 14 GOP primary:

Michael McLachlan a Incumbent McLachlan first assumed office in 2009.

November 6 General election candidates:

Jason W. Bartlett: 17,305

Michael McLachlan: 18,537

District 25

August 14 Democratic primary:

Bob Duff a Incumbent Duff first assumed office in 2005.

August 14 GOP primary:

Jack Chiaramonte a

November 6 General election candidates:

Bob Duff: 27,015

Jack Chiaramonte: 13,351

District 26

August 14 Democratic primary:

Carolanne Curry a

August 14 GOP primary:

Antonietta Boucher a Incumbent Boucher first assumed office in 2009.

November 6 General election candidates:

Carolanne Curry: 22,510

Antonietta Boucher: 31,824

Remy C. Chevalier

Note: Chevalier ran as a write-in candidate in District 26 and as a nominated Green Party candidate in District 36. She did not appear in official results for District 26.