2004 Connecticut Senate election

2004 Connecticut State Senate election
All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold
President pro tempore of the Senate before election; Donald Williams; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore of the Senate ; Donald Williams; Democratic

The 2004 Connecticut State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2004 United States Elections. All 36 seats of the Connecticut State Senate were up for re-election.^[1] Senators serve two-year terms and are up for re-election every election cycle. The August 10th primary elections decided candidates that appeared on the ballot for the General election. The General Election took place on November 2, 2004.^[2]

Summary

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21	15
Democratic	Republican

Results

The Democrats kept the majority with a 21-15 Majority.

District 1

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Fonfara (incumbent)	15,459
	Green	S. Michael DeRosa	2,050
	Working Families	Gilberto Concepcion	533
Total votes			18,042	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 2

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric D. Coleman (incumbent)	22,659
	Working Families	Maria Torres	1,370
Total votes			24,029	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 3

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary LeBeau (incumbent)	25,107
	Republican	Ron Morin, Sr.	11,649
	Working Families	Megan C. Batchelder	889
Total votes			37,645	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 4

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Ann Handley	30,323
	Republican	Michael T. Fitzpatrick	14,749
	Working Families	Adam D. Johnson	671
Total votes			45,743	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 5

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan Harris	27,869
	Republican	Kevin Connors	20,629
	Working Families	Jonathan Harris	633
Total votes			49,131	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 6

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald DeFronzo (incumbent)	20,240
	Working Families	Stephen V. Burdo	969
Total votes			21,209	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 7

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Kissel (incumbent)	21,072
	Democratic	Bill Kiner	20,392
Total votes			41,464	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 8

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Herlihy (incumbent)	28,492
	Democratic	Israel I. Gordon	14,766
	Green	Thomas J. Sevigny	2,371
	Working Families	Caitlin Reid Sullivan	1,224
Total votes			46,853	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 9

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Biagio Ciotto (incumbent)	27,877
	Republican	Ralph Capenera	17,806
Total votes			45,683	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 10

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Harp (incumbent)	21,496	100.0%
Total votes			21,496	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 11

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Looney (incumbent)	23,364	100.0%
Total votes			23,364	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 12

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Edward Meyer	25,494
	Republican	William Aniskovich (incumbent)	23,932
Total votes			49,426	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Gaffey (incumbent)	27,102
	Republican	Tod O. Dixon	10,672
	Working Families	Thomas Gaffey (incumbent)	1,090
Total votes			38,864	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 14

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gayle Slossberg	22,975
	Republican	Win Smith, Jr. (incumbent)	21,286
Total votes			44,261	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 15

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Hartley (incumbent)	17,057
	Independent	Emidio C. Cerasale	1,835
Total votes			18,892	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 16

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Murphy (incumbent)	24,026
	Republican	Christopher J. O'Brien	14,872
	Independent	Frank A. Burgio, Sr.	891
	Working Families	Derek John Ljongquist	294
Total votes			40,083	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 17

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Crisco Jr. (incumbent)	24,552
	Working Families	James S. Bartlett	1,466
Total votes			26,018	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 18

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cathy Welles Cook (incumbent)	21,064
	Democratic	Andrew Maynard	17,603
Total votes			38,667	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 19

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 19
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Prague (incumbent)	24,284
	Republican	Catherine Marx	14,640
Total votes			38,924	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 20

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 20
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Stillman	24,362
	Republican	Mark Diebolt	15,371
Total votes			39,733	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 21

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 21
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Gunther (incumbent)	26,713
	Working Families	William A. McGuire	2,778
Total votes			29,491	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 22

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 22
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Finch (incumbent)	20,303
	Republican	Robert Russo	17,285
	Working Families	Glenn P. Kalata	312
Total votes			37,900	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 23

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ernest E. Newton II	14,036
	Republican	Jerry A. Blackwell	4,509
	Working Families	Ernest E. Newton II	592
Total votes			19,137	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 24

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 24
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Cappiello (incumbent)	22,835
	Democratic	Howard M. Henner	11,314
	Libertarian	John J. McGowann III	297
	Independent	Catherine V. DiBuono	282
	Working Families	David Isaac Bonan	201
Total votes			34,929	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 25

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 25
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Duff	22,072
	Republican	Jeff Konspore	15,778
	Working Families	Bob Duff	531
Total votes			38,381	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 26

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 26
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judith G. Freedman (incumbent)	30,665
	Democratic	Arlo Ellison	20,238
	Independent	William A. Gulya	411
Total votes			51,314	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 27

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew J. McDonald (incumbent)	19,298
	Republican	Richard H. G. Cunningham	12,167
	Working Families	Andy D. Dolan	259
Total votes			31,724	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 28

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John P. McKinney (incumbent)	31,324
	Democratic	Morgan Graham	16,732
Total votes			48,056	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 29

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald E. Williams Jr. (incumbent)	23,149	100.0%
Total votes			23,149	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 30

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 30
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Roraback (incumbent)	31,818
	Working Families	Dennis B. O'Neil	2,298
Total votes			34,116	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 31

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 31
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Colapietro (incumbent)	19,079
	Republican	Beverly R. Bobroske	17,212
Total votes			36,291	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 32

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 32
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louis DeLuca (incumbent)	31,961	99.99%
	Write-In	John M. Joey	2	0.01%
Total votes			31,963	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 33

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 33
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen Daily (incumbent)	31,705
	Republican	Emanuel Manny Misenti	12,301
	Green	Colin D. Bennett	1,069
	Working Families	Jason A. Potts	398
Total votes			45,473	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 34

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 34
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Len Fasano (incumbent)	21,374	100.0%
	Working Families	Len Fasano (incumbent)	2,983	100.0%
Total votes			24,357	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 35

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 35
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Guglielmo (incumbent)	31,239
	Democratic	Joe Merluzzo	14,474
	Working Families	Janeen Dorothy Rose	785
Total votes			46,498	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 36

2004 Connecticut State Senate election, District 36
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William H. Nickerson (incumbent)	28,424
	Green	John A. Amarilios	2,615
Total votes			31,039	100.0%
	Republican hold

References

^ "November 2, 2004 General Election Results". Connecticut Secretary of State.
^ Ballotpedia. "Connecticut State Senate elections, 2004". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 24, 2020.

[1] "November 2, 2004 General Election Results". Connecticut Secretary of State.

[2] Ballotpedia. "Connecticut State Senate elections, 2004". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 24, 2020.

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