2006 Connecticut Senate election

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.

2006 Connecticut State Senate election

November 7, 2006
All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate 19 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Donald Williams Louis DeLuca Party Democratic Republican Leader since July 1, 2004 2001 Leader's seat 29th 32nd Last election 24 12 Seats after 24 12 Seat change
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
President pro tempore of the Senate before election Donald Williams Democratic Elected President pro tempore of the Senate Donald Williams Democratic

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.

Results

Results of the 2006 Connecticut Senate election. Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.

District	Constituency	Incumbent Senator	Republican candidate (percent won)	Democratic candidate (percent won)
1	Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part)	John W. Fonfara (D)	No nomination 0%	John W. Fonfara 94.1%WF TP
2	Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part)	Eric D. Coleman (D)	Asim A. Hanif 15.2%	Eric D. Coleman 84.8%WF
3	East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor	Gary LeBeau (D)	Eric A. Thompson Sr. 28.2%	Gary D. LeBeau 71.8%WF
4	Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough	Mary Ann Handley (D)	Stewart "Chip" Beckett III 38.9%	Mary Ann Handley 61.1%WF
5	Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford	Jonathan A. Harris (D)	Kimberly E. Ryder 29.3%	Jonathan A. Harris 70.7%WF
6	Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain	Donald J. DeFronzo (D)	Vacancy in nomination 0%	Donald J. DeFronzo 100%WF RWI
7	East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks	John A. Kissel (R)	John A. Kissel 52.7%	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)	Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. 50.5%	Steve Berry 49.5%WF
9	Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part)	Biagio "Billy" Ciotto (D)	Ralph Capenera 40.3%	Paul R. Doyle 58.4% TP
10	New Haven (part), West Haven (part)	Toni N. Harp (D)	Melissa Papantones 12.3%	Toni N. Harp 87.7%
11	Hamden (part), New Haven (part)	Martin M. Looney (D)	No nomination 0%	Martin M. Looney 100%
12	Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford	Edward Meyer (D)	Gregg Hannan 35.7%	Edward Meyer 64.3%
13	Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part)	Thomas P. Gaffey (D)	Tod O. Dixon 23.3%	Thomas P. Gaffey 76.7%WF
14	Milford, Orange, West Haven (part)	Gayle Slossberg (D)	Barbara L. Lisman 35.9%	Gayle Slossberg 64.1%
15	Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part)	Joan V. Hartley (D)	No candidate 0%	Joan V. Hartley 88.2% TP
16	Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott	Chris Murphy (D)	Sam S.F. Caligiuri 54.8%	David Zoni 45.2%I
17	Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge	Joe Crisco (D)	Boaz Itshaky 22.7%	Joe Crisco 77.3%WF
18	Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown	Cathy W. Cook (R)	Lenny T. Winkler 48.6%	Andrew M. Maynard 51.4%
19	Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague	Edith G. Prague (D)	Matthew Daly 30.4%	Edith G. Prague 69.6%
20	East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford	Andrea Stillman (D)	Christopher F. Oliveira 39.4%	Andrea L. Stillman 60.6%
21	Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part)	George L. "Doc" Gunther (R)	Dan Debicella 52.2%	Christopher Jones 47.8%WF
22	Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Trumbull	Bill A. Finch (D)	Robert D. Russo 45.6%	Bill Finch 54.4% RWI
23	Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part)	Ed A. Gomes (D)	Jerry Blackwell 13.1%	Edwin A. Gomes 86.9%WF
24	Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman	David J. Cappiello (R)	David J. Cappiello 100%	No nomination 0%
25	Darien (part), Norwalk	Bob Duff (D)	Friedrich Wilms 34.3%	Bob Duff 65.7%WF
26	Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton	Judith Freedman (R)	Judith G. Freedman 55.6%	Craig Rebecca Schiavone 44.4%
27	Darien (part), Stamford (part)	Andrew J. McDonald (D)	Rick Giordano 37.7%	Andrew J. McDonald 62.3%
28	Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part)	John P. McKinney (R)	John P. McKinney 100%	No nomination 0%
29	Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham	Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D)	David R. Lyon 24.2%	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)	Andrew Roraback 67%	Matthew F. Brennan 33%WF
31	Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth	Thomas A. Colapietro (D)	Beverly R. Bobroske 41.5%	Tom Colapietro 58.5%
32	Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury	Louis C. DeLuca (R)	Louis C. DeLuca 89.3% TP RWI	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)	Salvatore Nucifora 26.4%	Eileen M. Daily 71.6% TP
34	East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford	Len Fasano (R)	Leonard A. Fasano 85.6% TP	Vacancy in nomination 0%
35	Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock	Tony Guglielmo (R)	Tony Guglielmo 99.95%WF RWI	Vacancy in nomination 0%
36	Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part)	William H. Nickerson (R)	William H. Nickerson 58.6% TP	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.