2008 Connecticut Senate election

The Connecticut Senate election, 2008 was held on November 4, 2008, to elect Senators to the Connecticut State Senate for the term which began in January 2009 and ended in January 2011. The election occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the quadrennial U.S. presidential election.
The 2008 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 one seat which changed control from Republican to Democratic.

Results

Results of the 2008 Connecticut Senate election. Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.

District	Constituency	Incumbent	Votes for Republican candidate	Votes for Democratic candidate
1	Hartford, Wethersfield	John W. Fonfara	Barbara J. Rhue 4,027	John W. Fonfara 18,898^WF ^TP
2	Bloomfield, Hartford, Windsor	D. Coleman	Veronica Airey-Wilson 8,123	Eric D. Coleman 27,321^WF
3	East Hartford, [East Windsor, Connecticut\|Windsor, Connecticut\|East Windsor], Ellington, South Windsor	Gary LeBeau	No nomination	Gary D. LeBeau 32,912^WF
4	Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough	Mary Ann Handley	David H. Blackwell 20,282	Mary Ann Handley 28,573^WF
5	Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington, West Hartford	Jonathan A. Harris	Joseph Merritt 14,807	Jonathan A. Harris 36,040^WF
6	Berlin, Farmington, New Britain	Donald J. DeFronzo	Thomas A. Bozek 9,941	Donald J. DeFronzo 22,079^WF
7	[East Granby, Connecticut\|Granby, Connecticut\|East Granby], Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks	John A. Kissel	John A. Kissel 24,206^WF	George Colli 19,870
8	Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington	Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr.	Kevin D. Witkos 26,853	Arthur H. House 23,627^WF
9	Cromwell, Middletown, Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield	R. Doyle	Ralph Capenera 20,089	Paul R. Doyle 27,488
10	New Haven, West Haven	Toni N. Harp	Melissa Papantones 2,836	Toni N. Harp 25,586
11	Hamden, New Haven	Martin M. Looney	No nomination	Martin M. Looney 29,426^WF
12	Branford, Durham, Gilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford	Edward Meyer	Ryan Suerth 20,430	Edward Meyer 30,565
13	Cheshire, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown	Thomas P. Gaffey	Tim Lenox 10,543	Thomas P. Gaffey 30,476^WF
14	Milford, Orange, West Haven	Gayle Slossberg	Vincent Marino 16,776	Gayle Slossberg 28,248
15	Naugatuck, Prospect, Waterbury	Joan V. Hartley	No nomination	Joan V. Hartley 21,839 ^TP
16	Cheshire, Southington, Waterbury, Wolcott	Sam S.F. Caligiuri	Sam S.F. Caligiuri 25,362 ^TP	No nomination
17	Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, Woodbridge	Joe Crisco	Tamath K. Rossi 13,659	Joe Crisco 25,553^WF
18	Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown	Andrew M. Maynard	Anne P. Hatfield 13,189	Andrew M. Maynard 27,389
19	Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, Norwich, Sprague	Edith G. Prague	No nomination	Edith G. Prague 32,458^WF ^RWI
20	East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Waterford	Andrea Stillman	Thomas C. Simones 13,547	Andrea L. Stillman 29,808 ^TP
21	Monroe, Shelton, Stratford	Dan Debicella	Dan Debicella 24,925	Janice Andersen 21,334^WF
22	Bridgeport, Monroe, Trumbull	Rob Russo	Robert D. Russo 17,994	Anthony J. Musto 21,747^WF ^RWI
23	Bridgeport, Stratford	Ed A. Gomes	Milton Johnson 2,308	Edwin A. Gomes 21,213^WF
24	Bethel, Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman	David J. Cappiello	Michael A. McLachlan 19,262^I ^TP	Duane E. Perkins 17,536^WF
25	Darien, Norwalk	Bob Duff	Steve Papadakos 12,473	Bob Duff 28,807^WF
26	Bethel, [New Canaan, Connecticut\|Canaan, Connecticut\|New Canaan], Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, Westport, Wilton	Judith Freedman	Toni Boucher 28,704	John Hartwell 25,569^WF
27	Darien, Stamford	Andrew J. McDonald	Vacancy in nomination	Andrew J. McDonald 25,946 ^RWI
28	Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston	John P. McKinney	John McKinney 31,627	Martin A. Goldberg 19,802^WF
29	Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham	Donald E. Williams, Jr.	Harry Carboni 9,163	Donald E. Williams 27,733^WF
30	Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester	Andrew W. Roraback	Andrew Roraback 32,285	Michael J. Renzullo 17,183^WF
31	Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth	Thomas A. Colapietro	Vacancy in nomination	Tomas A. Colapietro 29,229^WF
32	Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury	Rob Kane	Robert J. Kane 28,571	John McCarthy 22,432^WF
33	Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook	Eileen M. Daily	Vincent A. Pacileo III 17,624	Eileen M. Daily 30,326 ^TP
34	East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford	Len Fasano	Leonard A. Fasano 31,122^WF	No nomination
35	Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock	Tony Guglielmo	Tony Guglielmo 34,822	Vacancy in nomination
36	Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford	William H. Nickerson	L. Scott Frantz 26,308 ^TP	Mark Diamond 17,912

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.
^WF Denotes that this candidate also ran on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party. The votes won by this candidate include both their Working Families and their party of affiliation figures combined.
^I Denotes that this candidate also ran on the independent line. The votes won by this candidate include both their independent and their party of affiliation figures combined.