2006 Connecticut Senate election

The Connecticut Senate election, 2006 was held on November 7, 2006, to elect Senators to the Connecticut State Senate for the term which began in January 2007 and ended in January 2009. It occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the state's gubernatorial election.
The election saw the election or re-election of 24 Democrats and 12 Republicans to fill the Senate's 36 seats. The incumbent party in each district held onto control of their respective seats in the election, except for two seats which changed control – one from Democratic to Republican, and one from Republican to Democratic.

Results

Results of the 2006 Connecticut Senate election. Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.

District	Constituency	Incumbent Senator	Republican candidate	Democratic candidate
1	Hartford, Wethersfield	John W. Fonfara	No nomination 0%	John W. Fonfara 94.1%^WF ^TP
2	Bloomfield, Hartford, Windsor	D. Coleman	Asim A. Hanif 15.2%	Eric D. Coleman 84.8%^WF
3	East Hartford, [East Windsor, Connecticut\|Windsor, Connecticut\|East Windsor], Ellington, South Windsor	Gary LeBeau	Eric A. Thompson Sr. 28.2%	Gary D. LeBeau 71.8%^WF
4	Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough	Mary Ann Handley	Stewart "Chip" Beckett III 38.9%	Mary Ann Handley 61.1%^WF
5	Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington, West Hartford	Jonathan A. Harris	Kimberly E. Ryder 29.3%	Jonathan A. Harris 70.7%^WF
6	Berlin, Farmington, New Britain	Donald J. DeFronzo	Vacancy in nomination 0%	Donald J. DeFronzo 100%^WF ^RWI
7	[East Granby, Connecticut\|Granby, Connecticut\|East Granby], Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks	John A. Kissel	John A. Kissel 52.7%	William A. Kiner 47.3%
8	Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington	Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr.	Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. 50.5%	Steve Berry 49.5%^WF
9	Cromwell, Middletown, Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield	Biagio "Billy" Ciotto	Ralph Capenera 40.3%	R. Doyle 58.4% ^TP
10	New Haven, West Haven	Toni N. Harp	Melissa Papantones 12.3%	Toni N. Harp 87.7%
11	Hamden, New Haven	Martin M. Looney	No nomination 0%	Martin M. Looney 100%
12	Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford	Edward Meyer	Gregg Hannan 35.7%	Edward Meyer 64.3%
13	Cheshire, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown	Thomas P. Gaffey	Tod O. Dixon 23.3%	Thomas P. Gaffey 76.7%^WF
14	Milford, Orange, West Haven	Gayle Slossberg	Barbara L. Lisman 35.9%	Gayle Slossberg 64.1%
15	Naugatuck, Prospect, Waterbury	Joan V. Hartley	No candidate 0%	Joan V. Hartley 88.2% ^TP
16	Cheshire, Southington, Waterbury, Wolcott	Chris Murphy	Sam S.F. Caligiuri 54.8%	David Zoni 45.2%^I
17	Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, Woodbridge	Joe Crisco	Boaz Itshaky 22.7%	Joe Crisco 77.3%^WF
18	Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown	Cathy W. Cook	Lenny T. Winkler 48.6%	Andrew M. Maynard 51.4%
19	Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, Norwich, Sprague	Edith G. Prague	Matthew Daly 30.4%	Edith G. Prague 69.6%
20	East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Waterford	Andrea Stillman	Christopher F. Oliveira 39.4%	Andrea L. Stillman 60.6%
21	Monroe, Shelton, Stratford	George L. "Doc" Gunther	Dan Debicella 52.2%	Christopher Jones 47.8%^WF
22	Bridgeport, Monroe, Trumbull	Bill A. Finch	Robert D. Russo 45.6%	Bill Finch 54.4% ^RWI
23	Bridgeport, Stratford	Ed A. Gomes	Jerry Blackwell 13.1%	Edwin A. Gomes 86.9%^WF
24	Bethel, Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman	David J. Cappiello	David J. Cappiello 100%	No nomination 0%
25	Darien, Norwalk	Bob Duff	Friedrich Wilms 34.3%	Bob Duff 65.7%^WF
26	Bethel, [New Canaan, Connecticut\|Canaan, Connecticut\|New Canaan], Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, Westport, Wilton	Judith Freedman	Judith G. Freedman 55.6%	Craig Rebecca Schiavone 44.4%
27	Darien, Stamford	Andrew J. McDonald	Rick Giordano 37.7%	Andrew J. McDonald 62.3%
28	Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston	John P. McKinney	John P. McKinney 100%	No nomination 0%
29	Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham	Donald E. Williams, Jr.	David R. Lyon 24.2%	Donald E. Williams, Jr. 75.8%
30	Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester	Andrew W. Roraback	Andrew Roraback 67%	Matthew F. Brennan 33%^WF
31	Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth	Thomas A. Colapietro	Beverly R. Bobroske 41.5%	Tom Colapietro 58.5%
32	Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury	Louis C. DeLuca	Louis C. DeLuca 89.3% ^TP ^RWI	No candidate 0%
33	Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook	Eileen M. Daily	Salvatore Nucifora 26.4%	Eileen M. Daily 71.6% ^TP
34	East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford	Len Fasano	Leonard A. Fasano 85.6% ^TP	Vacancy in nomination 0%
35	Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock	Tony Guglielmo	Tony Guglielmo 99.95%^WF ^RWI	Vacancy in nomination 0%
36	Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford	William H. Nickerson	William H. Nickerson 58.6% ^TP	Frank A. Farricker 40.1%

Notes

^TP Denotes that a minor, third party candidate also ran in this district's election.
^RWI Denotes that a registered write-in candidate was also present in this district's election. However, all write-ins received no votes in their respective district's election, except for 13 received in the 35th District.
^WF Denotes that this candidate also ran on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party. The vote percentage won by this candidate includes both their Working Families and their party of affiliation figures combined.
^I Denotes that this candidate also ran on the independent line. The vote percentage won by this candidate includes both their independent and their party of affiliation figures combined.