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Connecticut State Senate elections, 2022
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| 2022 Connecticut Senate Elections | |
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| Primary | August 9, 2022 |
| General | November 8, 2022 |
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Elections for the Connecticut State Senate took place in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for August 9, 2022. The filing deadline was June 7, 2022.
The chamber's Democratic majority increased from 23-13 to 24-12.
The Connecticut State Senate was one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
Party control
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| Party | As of November 8, 2022 | After November 9, 2022 | |
| Democratic Party | 23 | 24 | |
| Republican Party | 13 | 12 | |
| Total | 36 | 36 | |
Candidates
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Christopher Green (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) |
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Wilfredo Martinez (Independent Party) |
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Juliemar Ortiz (Working Families Party) |
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Antonietta Boucher (Republican Party, Independent Party) |
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Tim Gavin (Democratic Party, Independent Party) |
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Eva Zimmerman (Democratic Party, Working Families Party, Independent Party) |
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Lisa Thomas (Democratic Party, Working Families Party, Independent Party) |
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Primary
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Incumbents who were not re-elected
Incumbents defeated in general elections
No incumbents lost in general elections.
Incumbents defeated in primary elections
One incumbent lost in the Aug. 9 primaries.
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Dennis Bradley | Senate District 23 |
Retiring incumbents
Seven incumbents were not on the ballot in 2022.[1] Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Office | Reason |
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| Steve Cassano | Senate District 4 | Retired | |
| Kevin Witkos | Senate District 8 | Retired | |
| Mary Daugherty Abrams | Senate District 13 | Retired | |
| Paul Formica | Senate District 20 | Retired | |
| Will Haskell | Senate District 26 | Retired | |
| Craig Miner | Senate District 30 | Retired | |
| Dan Champagne | Senate District 35 | Retired |
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Connecticut. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Connecticut in 2022. Information below was calculated on Aug. 1, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Thirty state legislative districts up for election in Connecticut in 2022 were open—meaning no incumbents filed to run—representing 16% of the state's legislature, an increase compared to the preceding four election cycles.
Open districts are guaranteed to be won by newcomers since no incumbents are present.
Across all districts, there were nine contested primaries, representing 2% of all possible primaries.
A contested primary is one where there are more candidates running than nominations available, meaning at least one candidate must lose.
There were seven Democratic primaries this year, a 30% decrease from 10 in 2020. Republicans held two contested primaries, a 50% decrease.
Overall, 341 major party candidates filed to run in 2022: 181 Democrats and 160 Republicans.
Open seats
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Connecticut State Senate from 2010 to 2022.[2] It will be updated as information becomes available following the state’s candidate filing deadline.
| Open Seats in Connecticut State Senate elections: 2010 - 2022 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2022 | 36 | 7 (19 percent) | 29 (81 percent) |
| 2020 | 36 | 1 (3 percent) | 35 (97 percent) |
| 2018 | 36 | 7 (19 percent) | 29 (81 percent) |
| 2016 | 36 | 2 (6 percent) | 34 (94 percent) |
| 2014 | 36 | 6 (17 percent) | 30 (83 percent) |
| 2012 | 36 | 3 (8 percent) | 33 (92 percent) |
| 2010 | 36 | 4 (11 percent) | 32 (89 percent) |
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Chapter 153 of the Connecticut Statutes
Major party candidates
If more than one candidate belonging to the same party is running for the same office, a primary election will be held for that office. If there is only a single candidate seeking a party's nomination for an office, that candidate will advance to the general election without running in the primary election.[3][4][5]
A major party candidate may be nominated to run in the primary election in one of two ways: nomination at a convention or nomination by petition.[3]
By nomination at a convention
To be nominated at a convention, a candidate must receive at least 15 percent of the votes cast by convention delegates for the office being sought. After being nominated at a convention, a candidate must file a certificate of nomination with the Connecticut Secretary of State. The certificate must be signed by the candidate, state that the candidate was endorsed by the major party at the convention, and provide the candidate's name as it will appear on the ballot, the candidate's address, and the office being sought by the candidate. The certificate must also be attested to by the chairman, presiding officer, or secretary of the convention.[3][6]
By petition
A candidate who has been nominated by convention cannot be nominated by petition. To be nominated by petition, a major party candidate must collect signatures equal to at least 2 percent of the total number of members enrolled in that major party in the state (5 percent for state legislative candidates) or receive at least 15 percent of convention delegates' votes on any roll-call vote for endorsement. Petition forms to collect those signatures are provided by the Connecticut Secretary of State beginning on the 105th day preceding the primary election for candidates seeking federal or state executive office. Candidates seeking office in the Connecticut State Legislature can retrieve petition forms beginning on the 77th day preceding the primary election.[3]
Petitions must be filed with the registrar of voters in each town in which signatures were collected no later than the 63 days preceding the primary. The registrar of voters must provide a receipt of the petition to the candidate, and the candidate must file a copy of that receipt with the Connecticut Secretary of State. The registrar of voters must then certify the names on the petition and file it with the Connecticut Secretary of State within seven days.[3][7]
Minor party candidates
A minor party candidate whose party has not yet attained qualified status must be nominated by petition. A minor party petition candidate affiliates with his or her party on an "Application for Reservation of Party Designation and Formation of Party Designation Committee." This form must be filed with the Connecticut Secretary of State. On this application, the candidate must indicate a party, whose name includes no more than three words (or no more than 25 letters), and must provide signatures from 25 registered voters in the state. The candidate must also provide the names of two individuals who will be responsible for filing a statement of endorsement qualifying the candidate to run under the party name specified. Candidates for the same minor party for state offices may be included on the same petition. Candidates for all other offices must file separate petitions.[8][9][10]
A minor party candidate whose party has attained qualified status can be nominated without a petition. The presiding officer of the committee or meeting in charge of deciding on nominations is required to certify and file a list of the minor party’s nominees with the Connecticut Secretary of State no later than 62 days prior to the election in which the candidates will be running. The list of nominees must include the following information:[11][12]
- the names of the candidates as they will appear on the ballot
- the signature of each candidate
- the address of each candidate
- the title and office sought by each candidate
Petition candidates
An unaffiliated candidate can petition for ballot access. To do this, the candidate must first file an application for the petition with the Connecticut Secretary of State. The application must include the name of the candidate and a statement signed by the candidate affirming that he or she has consented to place his or her name on the petition. The candidate may then circulate the petition. The candidate must collect signatures from registered, eligible voters equal to 1 percent of the votes cast at the most recent election for the office being sought by the candidate, or 7,500 signatures, whichever is less.[8][13][14]
Once completed, the petition may be filed with either the Connecticut Secretary of State or the town clerk where the candidate resides. If the petition is filed with the town clerk, the town clerk must submit it to the Connecticut Secretary of State within two weeks of receiving it.[8][15]
Write-in candidates
A write-in candidate may only run in the general election. To do so, he or she must register with the Connecticut Secretary of State no earlier than 90 days but no later than 14 days before the general election. The registration must include the candidate's name and address, the office being sought, and a statement of consent to be a candidate. A write-in candidate cannot designate an affiliation with a political party, and no candidate who was nominated by a major or minor party or by petition may run as a write-in candidate.[16][17]
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.
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[18] | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $40,000/year | No per diem is paid. |
When sworn in
Connecticut legislators assume office the Wednesday following the first Monday of January after their election.[19]
Connecticut political history
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
Connecticut Party Control: 1992-2025
Fifteen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | I | I | I | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Presidential politics in Connecticut
2020 Presidential election results
Candidate/Running mate |
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Popular votes |
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| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
59.3
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1,080,831 | 7 |
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| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
39.2
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714,717 | 0 | |
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| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.1
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20,230 | 0 | |
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| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.4
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7,538 | 0 | |
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| Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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255 | 0 | |
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| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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219 | 0 | |
| Jade Simmons/Claudeliah Roze (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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22 | 0 | |
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| Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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13 | 0 | |
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| Shawn W. Howard/Alyssa Howard (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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12 | 0 | |
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| Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Independent) |
0.0
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11 | 0 | |
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| Kasey Wells/Rachel Wells (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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6 | 0 | |
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| Mary Ruth Caro Simmons/Sherrie Dow (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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2 | 0 | |
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| Karynn Weinstein/David Weinstein (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
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1 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 1,823,857 |
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Connecticut
Redistricting following the 2020 census
The Connecticut Reapportionment Commission voted 8-0 in favor of new maps for the state's 151 House districts and 36 Senate districts on November 18 and November 23, 2021, respectively.[20][21] The commission, made up of four Democratic lawmakers, four Republican lawmakers, and a ninth member selected by the commissioners, took over the redistricting process after the previous Reapportionment Committee failed to meet its Sept. 15 deadline to select maps and win two-thirds approval from both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly.[22] Census data was not delivered until Sept. 16. Unlike the committee, maps prepared by the Reapportionment Commission did not need to win approval from the General Assembly.[23] This map took effect for Connecticut's 2022 legislative elections.
Below is the state Senate map in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle.
Connecticut State Senate Districts
until January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Connecticut State Senate Districts
starting January 4, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-400," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-415," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-416," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-388," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-404c," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Connecticut Secretary of State, "Frequently Asked Questions: Nominating Petitions," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453u," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453c," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-452," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-451," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453b," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453d," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part III, Section 9-453n," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part I, Section 9-377," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Connecticut Statutes, "Chapter 153, Part I, Section 9-373a," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Connecticut Constitution, "Article Three, Section 10," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ News 12 Connecticut, "CT Reapportionment Commission unanimously votes to approve new statewide house district map," Nov. 18, 2021
- ↑ CT News Junkie, "Redistricting Commission Tweaks Senate Map," Nov. 23, 2021
- ↑ The ninth member only votes in the event of a tie.
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed Oct. 12, 2021
