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2026 midtermsResults

2026 results · state legislatures · Connecticut

Democrats keep both chambers of the Connecticut legislature

In the Senate, Democrats hold or lead 33 seats and Republicans 3, against 25 and 11 before. Eight seats are led by another party than held them.

In the House, Democrats hold or lead 116 seats and Republicans 35, against 102 and 49 before. 14 seats are led by another party than held them.

Leaders in the count from Connecticut Secretary of the State, not called winners. A close seat can still change.

One dot per seat, 36 in all; a party across the line holds a majority. 8 seats change hands, striped where they land.

Before: 25–11. With the leaders elected: 33–3, every seat not on the ballot as it was and every seat on it to the party leading the count.

Democrats keep control

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8 seats changing party, then the closest

Connecticut Senate: the districts on the ballot
DistrictLeadingRunner-upMarginHeld by
34FlipBrandi Mandato D 50.3%Paul Cicarella R 49.7%D+0.6R
21FlipCarolann Reid D 50.9%Jason Perillo R 49.1%D+1.7R
30FlipAaron Zimmer D 51.6%Stephen G. Harding R 48.4%D+3.3R
18FlipJoe de la Cruz D 52.5%Heather Somers R 47.5%D+5.0R
35FlipEthan Werstler D 54.1%Jeffrey Gordon R 45.9%D+8.2R
36FlipJill Oberlander D 55.0%Joe Kelly R 45.0%D+9.9R
7FlipDavid W. Kiner D 55.4%John A. Kissel R 44.6%D+10.9R
28FlipRob Blanchard D 61.0%Amybeth Laroche R 39.0%D+22.1R
16Rob Sampson R 50.6%Jack Perry D 49.4%R+1.3R
32Eric C. Berthel R 53.2%Matt Knickerbocker D 46.8%R+6.3R
31Henri Martin R 53.7%Laurel LaPorte-Grimes D 46.3%R+7.3R
29Mae Flexer D 58.6%Chris Reddy R 41.4%D+17.2D
20Martha E. Marx D 59.1%Lee Elci R 40.9%D+18.1D
33Norm Needleman D 59.4%Charles Ferraro R 40.6%D+18.8D
8Paul Honig D 60.1%Michael R. Criss R 39.9%D+20.1D
19Catherine Osten D 60.3%Jason Guidone R 39.7%D+20.7D
14James Maroney D 60.9%Owen T. Weaver R 39.1%D+21.7D
17Jorge Cabrera D 62.5%John-Paul Dorais R 37.5%D+25.1D
1John W. Fonfara D 90.9%Luis Delgado G 9.1%D+81.8D
2Maryam Khan D 84.7%Tim Knotts R 15.3%D+69.4D
3Saud Anwar D 67.1%Eliott Hughes R 32.9%D+34.1D
4MD Rahman D 65.9%Jenn Jennings R 34.1%D+31.8D
5Derek Slap D 100.0%unopposed—D
6Rick Lopes D 63.9%Tremell Collins R 36.1%D+27.7D
9Matt Lesser D 64.4%Grant W. Polomsky R 33.4%D+31.0D
10Gary Winfield D 100.0%unopposed—D
11Alphonse Paolillo, Jr. D 89.7%Rosa Aurelia Pepper-Macias O 10.3%D+79.4D
12Christine Cohen D 62.9%Lisa Deane R 37.1%D+25.8D
13Jack Fazzino D 86.7%Lamar Terrell I 13.3%D+73.5D
15Joan V. Hartley D 67.4%Ruben Rodriguez R 32.6%D+34.9D
22Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox D 65.4%Scott M. Modlin R 34.6%D+30.7D
23Herron Keyon Gaston D 93.7%Natasha Williams O 6.3%D+87.3D
24Julie Kushner D 62.5%Melissa Lindsey R 37.5%D+25.1D
25Bob Duff D 68.1%Justin Perry R 31.9%D+36.2D
26Samantha Nestor D 65.4%Alma Sarelli R 34.6%D+30.8D
27Pat Billie Miller D 100.0%unopposed—D

Held by: the sitting member before the election, matched to the district; a seat with no matched member is left unmatched rather than given a party. District lines: the Census Bureau’s 2024 state legislative districts; a seat not on this year’s ballot is drawn in the page’s gray, outlined in its sitting member’s party.