Connecticut 2020 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Connecticut held its general election on November 3, 2020, deciding 187 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Democrats widened both of their majorities and reached two-thirds of the Senate, as President Trump's unpopularity in Connecticut helped them take seats in once reliably Republican suburbs.
Senate Democrats held every seat they were defending and won two rematches against Republican incumbents. In Senate District 17, Jorge Cabrera (D) beat Sen. George Logan (R) by about 4 points, two years after losing to him by 85 votes in a 2018 recount. In Senate District 6, Rick Lopes (D) unseated Sen. Gennaro Bizzarro (R) by about 11 points after losing to him in a 2019 special election. Republicans' closest hold was Senate District 35, where Sen. Dan Champagne (R) edged Lisa Thomas (D) by about 1 point.
In the House, Republicans' losses came mostly in affluent areas trending Democratic, while the GOP picked off seats in eastern Connecticut and the seats of the two departing House leaders both changed parties.
- Democratic challengers won rematches against Republican incumbents: Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D) unseated Rep. Leslee Hill (R) in House District 17 (Avon and Canton), John-Michael Parker (D) unseated Rep. Noreen Kokoruda (R) in House District 101 after losing a recount two years earlier, and Jennifer Leeper (D) unseated Rep. Brian Farnen (R) by about 2 points in House District 132 in Fairfield. In Waterbury, Michael DiGiovancarlo (D) unseated Rep. Stephanie Cummings (R) in House District 74.
- Democrats also took open Republican seats: Aimee Berger-Girvalo (D) in House District 111 and Stephanie Thomas (D) in House District 143, both after falling short in 2018, plus Jaime Foster (D) in House District 57, Christine Goupil (D) in House District 35, and Mary Welander (D) in Minority Leader Themis Klarides's open House District 114.
- Republicans flipped retiring Speaker Joe Aresimowicz's open House District 30, won by Donna Veach (R), and unseated two freshman Democrats: Tammy Nuccio (R) beat Rep. Pat Wilson Pheanious (D) in House District 53, and Greg Howard (R), a police officer, beat Rep. Kate Rotella (D) by about 2 points in House District 43 after making an issue of her vote for a police accountability bill.
The closest race in the state took two weeks to settle. In House District 90 (Cheshire and Wallingford), a Wallingford reporting mistake crowned the wrong winner the day after the election, and a recount entry error in Cheshire had to be corrected before Rep. Craig Fishbein (R) was confirmed the winner over Jim Jinks (D) by seven votes.
Overall, 14 seats changed party, all but three of them toward Democrats, and 8 incumbents lost (six Republicans and two Democrats). Beyond the flips, 6 races were decided by less than 2 points, and 32 seats went without a contest between the two major parties.

Legislature

House (151 seats): 91 D, 59 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 97 D, 54 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
Senate (36 seats): 22 D, 14 R before the election, 24 D, 12 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Matt Ritter (D) 91.8%	Mark Stewart Greenstein (Other) 5.1%, Daniel Piper (Other) 3.1%
House 2	Raghib Allie-Brennan (D) 53.4%	Dan Carter (R) 46.6%
House 3	Minnie Gonzalez (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 4	Julio Concepción (D) 86.09%	Barry J. D'Andrea (R) 13.91%
House 5	Brandon McGee (D) 84.4%	Chantel Jackson (D) 15.6%
House 6	Edwin Vargas (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 7	Joshua Hall (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 8	Tim Ackert (R) 60.8%	Brenda Falusi (D) 39.2%
House 9	Jason Rojas (D) 66.5%	Cathy Hopperstad (R) 33.5%
House 10	Henry Genga (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 11	Jeffrey Currey (D) 69.7%	Matthew Harper (R) 30.3%
House 12	Geoff Luxenberg (D) 67.2%	Jeff Sullivan (R) 32.8%
House 13	Jason Doucette (D) 63.1%	Brian Marois (R) 36.9%
House 14	Tom Delnicki (R) 53.9%	Genevieve Coursey (D) 46.1%
House 15	Bobby Gibson (D) 89.4%	Danielle Wong (D) 10.6%
House 16	John Hampton (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 17	Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D) 51.8%	Leslee Hill (R) 48.2%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 18	Jill Gilchrest (D) 72.7%	Rick Bush (R) 27.3%
House 19	Tammy Exum (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 20	Kate Farrar (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 21	Mike Demicco (D) 62.3%	John Brockelman (R) 36.2%, David P Kramer (I) 1.5%
House 22	William Petit (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 23	Devin Carney (R) 55.2%	David Rubino (D) 44.8%
House 24	Manny Sanchez (D) 64.7%	Alden Russell (R) 35.3%
House 25	Bobby Sanchez (D) 73.5%	Jerrell Hargraves (R) 26.5%
House 26	Peter A. Tercyak (D) 64.4%	Piotr Ceglarz (R) 31.8%, Jack Johnson (L) 3.8%
House 27	Gary Turco (D) 60.55%	Michael Camillo (R) 39.45%
House 28	Amy Morrin Bello (D) 56.1%	Patrick Pentalow (R) 42.7%, Henry Thayer (Other) 1.2%
House 29	Kerry Wood (D) 57.9%	Henry Vasel (R) 42.1%
House 30	Donna Veach (R) 55.7%	JoAnn Angelico-Stetson (D) 44.3%	Flipped D to R
House 31	Jill Barry (D) 53%	Stewart W. Beckett III (R) 47%
House 32	Christie Carpino (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 33	Brandon Chafee (D) 64.1%	Linda Szynkowicz (R) 35.9%
House 34	Irene Haines (R) 55.8%	Judd Melon (Other) 42.6%, Lance Lusignan (Other) 1.6%
House 35	Christine Goupil (D) 49.7%	John Hall III (R) 47.8%, John May (G) 2.5%	Flipped R to D
House 36	Christine Palm (D) 54.7%	Robert Siegrist (R) 45.3%
House 37	Holly Cheeseman (R) 50.7%	Cate Steel (D) 49.3%
House 38	Kathleen M. McCarty (R) 51.2%	Baird Welch-Collins (D) 48.8%
House 39	Anthony Nolan (D) 77%	Kat Goulart (R) 19.4%, Erycka Ortiz (G) 3.6%
House 40	Christine Conley (D) 58.9%	Lauren Gauthier (R) 41.1%
House 41	Joe de la Cruz (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 42	Mike France (R) 53.4%	Matt Geren (D) 45.8%, Robert Lawrence (Other) 0.8%
House 43	Greg Howard (R) 51%	Kate Rotella (D) 49%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 44	Anne Dauphinais (R) 60.24%	Christine Rosati Randall (D) 39.76%
House 45	Brian Lanoue (R) 56.6%	Mark DePonte (D) 40.8%, Daniel Reale (Other) 2.6%
House 46	Emmett D. Riley (D) 62.4%	Robert LeVertis Bell (R) 37.6%
House 47	Doug Dubitsky (R) 56.6%	Kate Donnelly (D) 43.4%
House 48	Brian Smith (D) 53.3%	Julie Shilosky (R) 46.7%
House 49	Susan Johnson (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 50	Pat Boyd (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 51	Richard Hayes (R) 57.1%	Larry Groh Jr. (D) 42.9%
House 52	Kurt Vail (R) 64.6%	Greg Post (D) 35.4%
House 53	Tammy Nuccio (R) 51.7%	Pat Wilson Pheanious (D) 48.3%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 54	Gregg Haddad (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 55	Robert W. Green (R) 49.05%	Jay Collins (D) 46.65%, Salvatore Sena (Other) 4.3%
House 56	Michael Winkler (D) 57.6%	Laura Bush (R) 42.4%
House 57	Jaime Foster (D) 51.7%	David Stavens (R) 48.3%	Flipped R to D
House 58	Tom Arnone (D) 56%	Mary Ann Turner (R) 44%
House 59	Carol Hall (R) 54%	Gerald Calnen (D) 46%
House 60	Jane Garibay (D) 54.8%	Scott A. Storms (R) 45.2%
House 61	Tami Zawistowski (R) 58.65%	Jack Henrie (D) 41.35%
House 62	Mark Anderson (R) 56.2%	Audrey Lampert (D) 43.8%
House 63	Jay Case (R) 68.8%	Noel Rodriquez (D) 31.2%
House 64	Maria Horn (D) 51.7%	Brian Ohler (R) 48.3%
House 65	Michelle L. Cook (D) 51.1%	Christopher Beyus (R) 48.4%, Don V. Alexander (G) 0.6%
House 66	Dave Wilson (R) 57.3%	Matt Dyer (D) 42.7%
House 67	Billy Buckbee (R) 60.7%	Hilary Ram (D) 39.3%
House 68	Joe Polletta (R) 66.8%	Sean Butterly (D) 33.2%
House 69	Cindy Harrison (R) 51.5%	Michele Zommer (D) 48.5%
House 70	Rosa Rebimbas (R) 59.9%	Stephen Samela (D) 40.1%
House 71	Anthony J. D'Amelio (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 72	Larry Butler (D) 73%	Vernon Matthews (R) 27%
House 73	Ronald Napoli Jr. (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 74	Michael DiGiovancarlo (D) 52.9%	Stephanie Cummings (R) 47.1%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 75	Geraldo Reyes (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 76	John Piscopo (R) 61.8%	Paul Honig (D) 38.2%
House 77	Cara Pavalock-D'Amato (R) 52.9%	Andrew Rasmussen-Tuller (D) 47.1%
House 78	Whit Betts (R) 74.9%	Aileen Abrams (D) 25.1%
House 79	Christopher Ziogas (D) 52.6%	David Rackliffe (R) 47.4%
House 80	Gale Mastrofrancesco (R) 61.8%	Corky Mazurek (D) 38.2%
House 81	John Fusco (R) 58.6%	Dagmara Scalise (D) 41.4%
House 82	Michael Quinn (D) 52.1%	Mike Skelps (R) 44.4%, Ernestine Holloway (R) 3.5%
House 83	Catherine Abercrombie (D) 51.4%	Lou Arata (R) 48.6%
House 84	Hilda Santiago (D) 68.6%	Richard Cordero (R) 31.4%
House 85	Mary Mushinsky (D) 52.82%	Weston Ulbrich (R) 47.18%
House 86	Vin Candelora (R) 65.5%	Vincent Mase (D) 34.5%
House 87	Dave Yaccarino (R) 68.3%	Kathy Grant (D) 31.65%
House 88	Josh Elliott (D) 66.67%	Kathy Hoyt (R) 33.33%
House 89	Lezlye Zupkus (R) 63.6%	E.J. Maher (D) 36.4%
House 90	Craig Fishbein (R) 50%	Jim Jinks (D) 50%
House 91	Michael C. D'Agostino (D) 88.9%	Weruche George (R) 11.1%
House 92	Pat Dillon (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 93	Toni Walker (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 94	Robyn Porter (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 95	Juan Candelaria (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 96	Roland Lemar (D) 76.3%	Eric Mastroianni (R) 23.7%
House 97	Al Paolillo (D) 76.1%	Erin Reilly (R) 23.9%
House 98	Sean Scanlon (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 99	Joe Zullo (R) 58.6%	Dave Yaccarino (I) 41.4%
House 100	Quentin Williams (D) 65.3%	Anthony Gennaro (R) 34.7%
House 101	John-Michael Parker (D) 53.7%	Noreen Kokoruda (R) 46.3%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 102	Robin Comey (D) 57.7%	Marc Riccio (R) 42.3%
House 103	Liz Linehan (D) 50.5%	Pam Salamone (R) 49.5%
House 104	Kara Rochelle (D) 59.6%	Myra Rivers (R) 40.4%
House 105	Nicole Klarides-Ditria (R) 67.1%	Christopher Bowen (D) 32.9%
House 106	Mitch Bolinsky (R) 51.4%	Rebekah Harriman-Stites (D) 48.6%
House 107	Stephen Harding (R) 57.92%	Kerri Colombo (D) 42.1%
House 108	Pat Callahan (R) 54.8%	Danette Onofrio (D) 45.2%
House 109	David Arconti, Jr. (D) 61.5%	Michael Henry (R) 38.5%
House 110	Bob Godfrey (D) 68.7%	Erin Domenech (R) 31.3%
House 111	Aimee Berger-Girvalo (D) 52.4%	Bob Hebert (R) 47.6%	Flipped R to D
House 112	J.P. Sredzinski (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 113	Jason Perillo (R) 64.1%	Elaine Matto (D) 35.9%
House 114	Mary Welander (D) 52.8%	Dan DeBarba (R) 47.2%	Flipped R to D
House 115	Dorinda Keenan Borer (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 116	Michael DiMassa (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 117	Charles J. Ferraro (R) 53.9%	Tony Sutton (D) 46.1%
House 118	Frank Smith (D) 55.1%	Erin Smith (R) 44.9%
House 119	Kathy Kennedy (R) 50.5%	Bryon A. Anderson (D) 49.5%
House 120	Philip Young (D) 51.7%	Jim Feehan (R) 48.3%
House 121	Joe Gresko (D) 69.3%	Edward Scinto (R) 30.7%
House 122	Ben McGorty (R) 59.1%	Jose Goncalves (D) 40.9%
House 123	Dave Rutigliano (R) 50.8%	Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox (D) 49.2%
House 124	Andre Baker (D) 82.8%	Jasmin Sanchez (R) 14.9%, Wilfredo Martinez (Other) 2.3%
House 125	Tom O'Dea (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 126	Charlie L. Stallworth (D) 82.5%	Lee Grisby II (R) 17.5%
House 127	John Hennessy (D) 73.3%	Peter Perillo (R) 24.5%, Robert T. Keeley Jr. (Other) 2.15%
House 128	Christopher Rosario (D) 79.8%	Ethan Book (R) 18.8%, Wanda Simmons (Other) 1.4%
House 129	Steve Stafstrom (D) 77.1%	Helene Kouassi (R) 20.35%, Robert E. Halstead (Nonpartisan) 2.6%
House 130	Antonio Felipe (D) 85.4%	Terry Sullivan (R) 14.6%
House 131	David Labriola (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 132	Jenn Leeper (D) 51%	Brian Farnen (R) 49%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 133	Cristin McCarthy Vahey (D) 65%	Joanne Romano-Csonka (R) 35%
House 134	Laura Devlin (R) 52%	Carla Volpe (D) 48%
House 135	Anne Hughes (D) 56.9%	John T Shaban (R) 43.1%
House 136	Jonathan Steinberg (D) 66.5%	Chip Stephens (R) 33.5%
House 137	Chris Perone (D) 66.6%	Ellen Wink (R) 33.4%
House 138	Ken Gucker (D) 53.9%	Emile Buzaid (R) 46.1%
House 139	Kevin Ryan (D) 54.6%	Caleb Espinosa (R) 45.4%
House 140	Travis Simms (D) 78.1%	John Flynn (R) 21.9%
House 141	Terrie E. Wood (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 142	Lucy Dathan (D) 55.5%	Fred Wilms (R) 44.5%
House 143	Stephanie Thomas (D) 55.4%	Patrizia Zucaro (R) 44.6%	Flipped R to D
House 144	Caroline Simmons (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 145	Patricia Miller (D) 77.3%	J.D. Ospina (R) 22.7%
House 146	David Michel (D) 70.5%	George Hallenbeck (R) 29.5%
House 147	Matt Blumenthal (D) 62%	Dan Maymin (R) 38%
House 148	Dan Fox (D) 76%	Wilm Donath (R) 24%
House 149	Kimberly Fiorello (R) 51.4%	Kathleen Stowe (D) 48.6%
House 150	Steve Meskers (D) 54.9%	Joe Kelly (R) 45.1%
House 151	Harry Arora (R) 53.1%	Hector Arzeno (D) 46.9%
Senate 1	John Fonfara (D) 71.8%	Barbara Ruhe (R) 24.9%, Mary L. Sanders (G) 3.3%
Senate 2	Doug McCrory (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 3	Saud Anwar (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 4	Steve Cassano (D) 58.6%	Matthew Corey (R) 38.3%, Harold Harris (L) 1.5%
Senate 5	Derek Slap (D) 65.4%	Phillip Chabot (R) 31.5%, Joelle Nawrocki (Other) 3.1%
Senate 6	Rick Lopes (D) 55.7%	Gennaro Bizzarro (R) 44.3%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 7	John Kissel (R) 54%	Frederick Moffa (D) 46%
Senate 8	Kevin Witkos (R) 51.5%	Melissa Osborne (D) 46.5%, Keith McConnell (Other) 1.9%
Senate 9	Matt Lesser (D) 57.7%	Richie Ruglio (R) 42.3%
Senate 10	Gary Holder-Winfield (D) 82.1%	Carol Alvarado (R) 13.7%, Jason W. Bartlett (Other) 4.2%
Senate 11	Martin Looney (D) 74.7%	Jameson White (R) 23.1%, Alex Taubes (Other) 2.2%
Senate 12	Christine Cohen (D) 57%	Joseph LaPorta (R) 43%
Senate 13	Mary Daugherty Abrams (D) 52.8%	Len Suzio (R) 47.2%
Senate 14	James Maroney (D) 57.3%	Mike Southworth (R) 42.7%
Senate 15	Joan Hartley (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 16	Rob Sampson (R) 53.8%	Jack Perry (Other) 46.2%, Paul Small (Other) 0%
Senate 17	Jorge Cabrera (D) 52.2%	George Logan (R) 47.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 18	Heather Somers (R) 52.4%	Robert Statchen (D) 47.6%
Senate 19	Cathy Osten (D) 53.4%	Steve Weir (R) 44.8%, William Russell (Other) 1.8%
Senate 20	Paul M. Formica (R) 50.6%	Martha Marx (D) 48.3%, Joseph Mark C. Taraya (Other) 1.15%
Senate 21	Kevin Kelly (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 22	Mary Moore (D) 58.9%	Steve Choi (R) 39.2%, Stephen Dincher (Other) 1.9%
Senate 23	Dennis Bradley (D) 83.5%	Josiah Israel (R) 16.5%
Senate 24	Julie Kushner (D) 56.1%	Susan Chapman (R) 43.9%
Senate 25	Bob Duff (D) 60.2%	Ellie Kousidis (R) 39.8%
Senate 26	Will Haskell (D) 58.3%	Kim Healy (D) 41.7%
Senate 27	Carlo Leone (D) 63.8%	Eva A Maldonado (R) 36.2%
Senate 28	Tony Hwang (R) 51.7%	Michelle Lapine McCabe (D) 48.3%, Christopher DeMatteo (Other) 0%
Senate 29	Mae Flexer (D) 52.34%	Jessica Alba (R) 47.66%
Senate 30	Craig Miner (R) 53.4%	David Gronbach (Other) 44.9%, Joseph Bongiorno (Other) 1.7%
Senate 31	Henri Martin (R) 58.1%	Mary Fortier (D) 41.9%
Senate 32	Eric Berthel (R) 58.2%	Jeff Desmarais (D) 41.8%
Senate 33	Norm Needleman (D) 54%	Brendan Saunders (R) 46%
Senate 34	Paul Cicarella (R) 55.4%	April Capone (Other) 44.6%, David Bedell (G) 0%
Senate 35	Dan Champagne (R) 50.5%	Lisa Thomas (D) 49.5%
Senate 36	Alex Kasser (D) 51.4%	Ryan Fazio (R) 48.6%

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