2016 Connecticut Senate election

The 2016 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, concurrently with the elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives, to elect members to the Connecticut General Assembly. All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate were up for election. The election resulted in a tie, with the parties controlling 18 seats each. Primary elections were held on August 9, 2016.

2016 Connecticut Senate election

November 8, 2016
All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.3%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Martin Looney Len Fasano Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 7, 2015 January 7, 2015 Leader's seat 11th 34th Last election 21 15 Seats won 18 18 Seat change 3 3
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
President pro tempore of the Senate before election Martin Looney Democratic Elected President pro tempore of the Senate Martin Looney (Democratic) Len Fasano (Republican)

Results

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18	18
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			2014	2016	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	35	21	18	3	50.00%	747,662	48.56%
	Republican	33	15	18	3	50.00%	713,635	46.35%
	Independent Party	1	0	0		0.00%	41,265	2.68%
	Working Families	0	0	0		0.00%	31,359	2.04%
	Green	4	0	0		0.00%	3,468	0.23%
	Other parties and Write-ins	5	0	0		0.00%	2,247	0.15%
Total		78	36	36	0	100.00%	1,539,636	100.00%	-

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
Before Election	21	15	36	0
After Election	18	18	36	0
Change	3	3

Detailed results

District 1

Democratic incumbent John Fonfara was re-elected to an 11th term after defeating Republican candidate Barbara Ruhe and Green Party candidate Barbara Barry. Fonfara has represented the 1st District since 1997.

2016 Connecticut State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Fonfara (incumbent)	20,437	74.81%
	Republican	Barbara Ruhe	6,052	22.15%
	Green	Barbara Barry	829	3.03%
Total votes			27,318	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 2

Democratic incumbent Eric Coleman was re-elected to a 12th term after defeating Republican candidate Theresa Tillett and write-in candidates Charles Jackson and Martha S. Kelly. Coleman was also nominated by the Working Families Party. He has represented the 2nd District since 1995.

2016 Connecticut State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Coleman	29,319	79.97%
	Working Families	Eric Coleman	1,453	3.96%
	Total	Eric Coleman (incumbent)	30,772	83.93%
	Republican	Theresa Tillett	5,888	16.06%
	Write-in	Charles Jackson	1	0.00%
	Write-in	Martha S. Kelly	0	0.00%
Total votes			36,661	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Democratic incumbent Timothy Larson was re-elected to a second term after defeating Republican candidate Carolyn Mirek. Mirek was also nominated by the Independent Party. Larson has represented the 3rd District since 2015.

2016 Connecticut State Senate election, District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy Larson (incumbent)	23,913	56.18%
	Republican	Carolyn Mirek	17,260	40.55%
	Independent Party	Carolyn Mirek	1,390	3.27%
	Total	Carolyn Mirek	18,650	43.82%
Total votes			42,563	100.00%
	Democratic hold