Connecticut 2016 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Connecticut held its general election on November 8, 2016, deciding 187 legislative seats. Control shifted: the Senate moved from a 20-15 Democratic majority to a 18-18 power-sharing tie.

Highlights

Democrats kept their trifecta only because Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman (D) breaks Senate ties, after what the CT Mirror called the biggest shift of power in the legislature since 1984. Republicans also cut the Democratic House edge to 79-72, and they credited the unpopularity of Gov. Dannel Malloy (D), who was not on the ballot. A December power-sharing deal kept Martin Looney (D) as the Senate's top leader but made Leonard Fasano (R) Republican president pro tem, and gave every committee two Senate co-chairs, one from each party, and equal numbers of senators from each side.
All three Senate pickups came in Democratic-held seats:
- George Logan (R) unseated Sen. Joe Crisco (D) by about 800 votes in Senate District 17.
- Len Suzio (R) beat Dante Bartolomeo (D) by about 900 votes in Senate District 13, after losing to her in 2012 and 2014.
- Heather Somers (R) won the open Senate District 18, left by retiring Democrat Andrew Maynard, by about 15 points.
In the House, the best-known newcomer was William Petit (R), a doctor who survived a 2007 home invasion that killed his family. He beat Elizabeth "Betty" Boukus (D), co-chair of the bonding subcommittee, by about 20 points in House District 22. Democrats did unseat two Republicans: Christine Conley (D) beat John Scott (R) in House District 40, and Joe de la Cruz (D) beat Aundré Bumgardner (R) in House District 41. In January, Joe Aresimowicz (D) was elected Speaker of the narrowed Democratic majority.
In all, 10 legislators lost in November, eight of them Democrats, among them Rep. Phil Miller (D) of Essex, who lost House District 36 by about 300 votes to Robert Siegrist (R). Three House races went to recounts, and none changed the outcome: James Albis (D) held House District 99 by 11 votes, Samuel Belsito (R) held House District 53 by 48 votes, and Liz Linehan (D) kept her pickup of the Republican-held House District 103.

Legislature

House (151 seats): 87 D, 64 R before the election, 79 D, 72 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
Senate (36 seats): 20 D, 15 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 18 D, 18 R after; control moved from Democrats to Power_Sharing.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Matt Ritter (D) 92.05%	Kenneth Lerman (R) 7.95%
House 2	William Duff (R) 51.2%	Raghib Allie-Brennan (D) 48.8%, Ann-Marie Adams (write-in) 0%
House 3	Minnie Gonzalez (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 4	Angel Arce (D) 87.11%	A. Lloyd Carter (R) 12.89%
House 5	Brandon McGee (D) 81.86%	Paul Panos (R) 18.1%, Charles Jackson (write-in) 0.03%
House 6	Edwin Vargas (D) 89.12%	Russell Williams (R) 10.88%
House 7	Doug McCrory (D) 94.17%	Giselle Gigi Jacobs (Other) 5.83%
House 8	Tim Ackert (R) 65.61%	Thomas Currier (D) 34.39%
House 9	Jason Rojas (D) 87.1%	Richard Lion (L) 12.9%
House 10	Henry Genga (D) 75.11%	Travis J. Simpson (R) 24.89%
House 11	Jeffrey Currey (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 12	Kelly J.S. Luxenberg (D) 61.21%	John D. Topping (R) 38.79%
House 13	Mark Tweedie (R) 51.15%	Joe Diminico (D) 48.85%
House 14	Tom Delnicki (R) 52.62%	Saud Anwar (D) 47.38%
House 15	David Baram (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 16	John Hampton (D) 50.78%	Lydia Tedone (R) 48.67%, Robert H Kalechman (Other) 0.54%
House 17	Timothy B LeGeyt (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 18	Andrew M. Fleischmann (D) 64.84%	Robert Levine (R) 35.16%
House 19	Derek Slap (D) 53.85%	Chris Barnes (R) 46.15%
House 20	Joe Verrengia (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 21	Mike Demicco (D) 53.41%	Chris Forster (R) 46.59%
House 22	William Petit (R) 60.06%	Elizabeth "Betty" Boukus (D) 39.94%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 23	Devin Carney (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 24	Rick Lopes (D) 64.6%	James Sanders Jr. (R) 35.4%
House 25	Bobby Sanchez (D) 80.96%	Richard H Gadomski (R) 16.7%, Martha S. Kelly (G) 2.35%
House 26	Peter A. Tercyak (D) 72.28%	Desiree Agosto (R) 27.72%
House 27	Gary Byron (R) 53.88%	Joshua C. Shulman (D) 46.12%
House 28	Russell Morin (D) 52.46%	Michael J. Hurley (R) 46.37%, Lee N. Johnson (Other) 1.17%
House 29	Antonio "Tony" Guerrera (D) 62.35%	Todd Brown (R) 37.65%
House 30	Joe Aresimowicz (D) 51.87%	Christopher D. Morelli (R) 48.13%
House 31	Prasad Srinivasan (R) 68.27%	Matt Saunig (D) 31.73%
House 32	Christie Carpino (R) 65.28%	Myron P. Johnson (D) 34.72%
House 33	Joseph Serra (D) 57.76%	Linda Szynkowicz (R) 42.24%
House 34	Melissa Ziobron (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 35	Jesse MacLachlan (R) 59.7%	Ellen Dahlgren (D) 37.49%, Austin B. Coco (L) 1.51%
House 36	Robert Siegrist (R) 51.15%	Philip Miller (D) 48.85%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 37	Holly Cheeseman (R) 56.1%	Beth Hogan (D) 43.9%	Flipped D to R
House 38	Kathleen M. McCarty (R) 55.14%	Sharon M. Palmer (D) 40.96%, Lauren C. Shaw (G) 3.9%
House 39	Chris Soto (D) 83.67%	Andrew R. Lockwood (Other) 8.82%, Ronna K. Stuller (G) 7.51%
House 40	Christine Conley (D) 54.25%	John Scott (R) 45.75%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 41	Joe de la Cruz (D) 54.81%	Aundré Bumgardner (R) 45.19%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 42	Mike France (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 43	Diana S Urban (D) 61.49%	Nicholas H. Mullane II (R) 38.51%
House 44	Anne Dauphinais (R) 60.33%	Christine Rosati Randall (D) 39.67%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 45	Kevin Skulczyck (R) 62.39%	Tracey Hanson (D) 37.61%	Flipped D to R
House 46	Emmett D. Riley (D) 51.88%	Rob Dempsky (R) 39.17%, Bonita Bonnie Hong (Other) 8.95%
House 47	Doug Dubitsky (R) 59.82%	Kate Donnelly (D) 40.18%
House 48	Linda A. Orange (D) 55.96%	Evan Evans (R) 44.04%
House 49	Susan Johnson (D) 65.71%	Tony Fantoli (R) 34.29%
House 50	Pat Boyd (D) 54.32%	Nora Valentine (R) 44.94%, Ty Perry (write-in) 0.75%	Flipped R to D
House 51	Daniel S Rovero (D) 57.94%	Brian Lynch (R) 42.06%
House 52	Kurt Vail (R) 58.27%	Kathy Bachiochi (D) 36.59%, Linda Lacasse (Other) 5.14%
House 53	Samuel Belsito (R) 50.19%	Susan Eastwood (D) 49.81%
House 54	Gregg Haddad (D) 75.29%	Mark R. Sargent (R) 24.71%
House 55	Robin Green (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 56	Michael Winkler (D) 51.73%	Jim Tedford (R) 48.27%
House 57	Christopher Davis (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 58	Greg Stokes (R) 53.6%	David Alexander (D) 46.4%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 59	Carol Hall (R) 54.08%	Tony DiPace (D) 45.92%	Flipped D to R
House 60	Scott A. Storms (R) 53.44%	Tim Curtis (D) 46.56%	Flipped D to R
House 61	Tami Zawistowski (R) 64.6%	Michael Malloy (D) 35.4%
House 62	William Simanski (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 63	Jay Case (R) 99.75%	David G. LaPointe (write-in) 0.25%
House 64	Brian Ohler (R) 56.15%	William O Riiska (D) 43.85%	Flipped D to R
House 65	Michelle L. Cook (D) 51.28%	Todd M. Schaller (R) 48.72%
House 66	Dave Wilson (R) 58.79%	Gayle Carr (D) 41.21%
House 67	Billy Buckbee (R) 58.02%	Mary Jane Lundgren (D) 40.15%, Cynthia L Day (G) 1.84%
House 68	Eric Berthel (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 69	Arthur O'Neill (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 70	Rosa Rebimbas (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 71	Anthony J. D'Amelio (R) 79.87%	Danielle Albert (I) 20.13%
House 72	Larry Butler (D) 80.1%	Vernon Matthews (I) 12.74%, Richard J Cam (Other) 7.16%
House 73	Jeffrey Berger (D) 51.94%	Steven Giacomi (R) 48.06%
House 74	Stephanie Cummings (R) 56.27%	Wendy Tyson-Wood (D) 43.73%
House 75	Geraldo Reyes (D) 75.19%	Raymond Work (R) 20.69%, Theodore J. Derouin, Jr. (I) 4.12%
House 76	John Piscopo (R) 70.83%	Myrna E. Watanabe (D) 29.17%
House 77	Cara Christine Pavalock (R) 52.8%	Laura Bartok (D) 47.2%
House 78	Whit Betts (R) 62.98%	Krystal Myers (D) 37.02%
House 79	Christopher Ziogas (D) 54.15%	Pete Del Mastro (R) 45.85%
House 80	Rob Sampson (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 81	John Fusco (R) 59.15%	David Zoni (D) 40.85%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 82	Emil "Buddy" Altobello (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 83	Catherine Abercrombie (D) 50.81%	Joseph Vollano (R) 49.19%
House 84	Hilda Santiago (D) 85.91%	Matthew Went (G) 14.09%
House 85	Mary Mushinsky (D) 57.49%	Serge Mihaly (R) 42.51%
House 86	Vin Candelora (R) 86.17%	Vincent Mase (Other) 13.83%
House 87	Dave Yaccarino (R) 74.87%	Steve Gifford (D) 25.13%
House 88	Josh Elliott (D) 62.2%	Marjorie Bonadies (R) 37.8%
House 89	Lezlye Zupkus (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 90	Craig Fishbein (R) 58.63%	Patrick Reynolds (D) 41.37%	Flipped D to R
House 91	Michael C. D'Agostino (D) 71.16%	James Lynch (R) 28.84%
House 92	Pat Dillon (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 93	Toni Walker (D) 94.61%	Douglas Losty (R) 5.39%
House 94	Robyn Porter (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 95	Juan Candelaria (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 96	Roland Lemar (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 97	Al Paolillo (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 98	Sean Scanlon (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 99	James Albis (D) 50.05%	"Big" Steve Tracey (R) 49.95%
House 100	Matt Lesser (D) 69.4%	Anthony R.J. Moran (R) 30.6%
House 101	Noreen Kokoruda (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 102	Lonnie Reed (D) 57.58%	Christopher Kelly (R) 42.42%
House 103	Liz Linehan (D) 50.38%	Andrew Falvey (R) 49.62%	Flipped R to D
House 104	Linda M. Gentile (D) 57.06%	Joseph Jaumann (R) 42.94%
House 105	Nicole Klarides-Ditria (R) 57.28%	Theresa Conroy (D) 42.72%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 106	Mitch Bolinsky (R) 57.44%	Eva B. Zimmerman (D) 42.56%
House 107	Stephen Harding (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 108	Richard A. Smith (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 109	David Arconti, Jr. (D) 65.24%	Veasna Roeun (R) 34.76%
House 110	Bob Godfrey (D) 62.38%	Emanuela Palmares (R) 37.62%
House 111	John Frey (R) 62.83%	Joe Dowdell (D) 37.17%
House 112	J.P. Sredzinski (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 113	Jason Perillo (R) 72.84%	Adam M. Heller (D) 27.16%
House 114	Themis Klarides (R) 85.14%	Aldon Hynes (Working Families Party) 14.86%
House 115	Stephen Dargan (D) 70.82%	Bart Chadderton (R) 29.18%
House 116	Michael DiMassa (D) 73.39%	Richard DePalma (R) 26.61%
House 117	Charles J. Ferraro (R) 56.58%	Sean P. Ronan (D) 43.42%
House 118	Kim Rose (D) 57.68%	Rick Varrone (R) 42.32%
House 119	Pam Staneski (R) 59.03%	Ben Gettinger (D) 40.97%
House 120	Laura R. Hoydick (R) 62.37%	Frederick Streets (D) 37.12%, Cliffton A Price (Other) 0.51%
House 121	Joe Gresko (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 122	Ben McGorty (R) 86.2%	Angela M. Capinera (G) 13.8%
House 123	Dave Rutigliano (R) 61.45%	Lino Costantini (D) 38.55%
House 124	Andre Baker (D) 89.73%	Jose Quiroga (R) 10.27%
House 125	Tom O'Dea (R) 87.79%	Hector L. Lopez (G) 12.21%
House 126	Charlie L. Stallworth (D) 83.34%	Anthony Pizighelli (R) 16.66%
House 127	John Hennessy (D) 76.46%	Ruben A. Coriano (R) 23.54%
House 128	Christopher Rosario (D) 86.39%	Ethan Book (R) 13.61%
House 129	Steve Stafstrom (D) 79.37%	Peter Perillo (R) 20.63%
House 130	Ezequiel Santiago (D) 87.9%	Melissa Borres (R) 12.1%
House 131	David Labriola (R) 68.48%	Scott Flaherty (D) 31.52%
House 132	Brenda L. Kupchick (R) 59.97%	Dru Georgiadis (D) 40.03%
House 133	Cristin McCarthy Vahey (D) 59.11%	Raymond J. Neuberger (R) 40.89%
House 134	Laura Devlin (R) 60.34%	Frederick Garrity Jr. (D) 39.66%
House 135	Adam Dunsby (R) 53.28%	Bonnie E Troy (D) 46.72%
House 136	Jonathan Steinberg (D) 57.66%	Catherine A. Walsh (R) 42.34%
House 137	Chris Perone (D) 67.28%	Darline Perpignan (R) 32.72%
House 138	Michael Ferguson (R) 54.02%	Jeff Tomchik (D) 45.98%
House 139	Kevin Ryan (D) 62.76%	Joseph Mark C. Taraya (R) 37.24%
House 140	Bruce V. Morris (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 141	Terrie E. Wood (R) 68.64%	Randy Klein (D) 31.36%
House 142	Fred Wilms (R) 81.16%	Anna Duleep (Working Families Party) 18.84%
House 143	Gail Lavielle (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 144	Caroline Simmons (D) 67.04%	Steven Bartolo Kolenberg (R) 32.96%
House 145	Patricia Miller (D) 81.01%	Francky Trofort (R) 18.99%
House 146	Terry B. Adams (D) 68.64%	Arkadiusz Jakubowski (R) 31.36%
House 147	William Tong (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 148	Dan Fox (D) 71.44%	Philip Balestriere (R) 26.62%, Brian Merlen (G) 1.93%
House 149	Livvy Floren (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 150	Mike Bocchino (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 151	Fred Camillo (R) 60.34%	Dita Bhargava (D) 39.66%
Senate 1	John Fonfara (D) 74.81%	Barbara Ruhe (R) 22.15%, Barbara Barry (G) 3.03%
Senate 2	Eric Coleman (D) 83.94%	Theresa Tillett (R) 16.06%, Charles Jackson (write-in) 0%
Senate 3	Timothy D. Larson (D) 56.18%	Carolyn Streeter Mirek (R) 43.82%
Senate 4	Steve Cassano (D) 50.62%	Lorraine Marchetti (R) 49.38%
Senate 5	Beth Bye (D) 59.2%	Mark Merritt (R) 40.8%
Senate 6	Terry Gerratana (D) 60.18%	Charles Paonessa (R) 32.99%, Sharon Beloin-Saavedra (Other) 6.83%
Senate 7	John Kissel (R) 60.91%	Annie Hornish (D) 39.09%
Senate 8	Kevin Witkos (R) 64.34%	David Pena (D) 35.66%
Senate 9	Paul R. Doyle (D) 63.3%	Earle V Roberts (R) 36.7%
Senate 10	Gary Holder-Winfield (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 11	Martin Looney (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 12	Ted Kennedy, Jr. (D) 60.21%	Bruce H Wilson Jr (R) 39.79%
Senate 13	Len Suzio (R) 51.05%	Dante Bartolomeo (D) 48.95%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 14	Gayle Slossberg (D) 56.03%	Pat Libero (R) 43.97%
Senate 15	Joan Hartley (D) 82.17%	James K. Russell (I) 17.83%
Senate 16	Joe Markley (R) 62.24%	Ryan P. Rogers (D) 37.76%
Senate 17	George Logan (R) 50.98%	Joe Crisco (D) 49.02%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 18	Heather Somers (R) 57.34%	Timothy R Bowles (D) 42.66%	Flipped D to R
Senate 19	Cathy Osten (D) 58.51%	Barbara Richardson Crouch (R) 41.49%
Senate 20	Paul M. Formica (R) 59.87%	Ryan Henowitz (D) 40.13%
Senate 21	Kevin Kelly (R) 65.15%	Prez Palmer (D) 34.85%
Senate 22	Marilyn Moore (D) 56.88%	Elaine Hammers (R) 43.12%
Senate 23	Ed Gomes (D) 88.4%	Michael Garrett (R) 11.6%	Flipped WF to D
Senate 24	Michael McLachlan (R) 52.24%	Ken Gucker (D) 47.76%
Senate 25	Bob Duff (D) 60.14%	Gregory Ehlers (R) 39.86%
Senate 26	Toni Boucher (R) 60.19%	Carolanne Curry (D) 39.81%
Senate 27	Carlo Leone (D) 65.24%	Gino C. Bottino (R) 32.4%, Cora Santaguida (G) 2.36%
Senate 28	Tony Hwang (R) 60.37%	Philip Dwyer (D) 39.63%
Senate 29	Mae Flexer (D) 54.82%	John French (R) 45.18%
Senate 30	Craig Miner (R) 55.9%	Dave Lawson (D) 44.1%
Senate 31	Henri Martin (R) 60.07%	Michael Nicastro (D) 39.93%
Senate 32	Robert J. Kane (R) 65.93%	Greg Cava (D) 34.07%
Senate 33	Art Linares (R) 56.92%	Norm Needleman (D) 41.36%, Colin D. Bennett (G) 1.72%
Senate 34	Leonard Fasano (R) 99.97%	David Bedell (write-in) 0.03%, Andrew Rule (write-in) 0%
Senate 35	Tony Guglielmo (R) 62.38%	Arlene Avery (D) 37.62%
Senate 36	L. Scott Frantz (R) 58.98%	John Blankley (D) 39.37%, Edward Heflin (G) 1.66%

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