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Art Linares

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Connecticut State Senate District 33

Years in office: 2013 - 2019

Predecessor:Eileen Daily (D)

Successor:Norm Needleman (D)

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 14, 2018

Contact

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Art Linares is a formerRepublican member of theConnecticut State Senate, representingDistrict 33 from 2013 to 2019.

Linares (Republican) was a candidate forConnecticut Treasurer. Linares lost the primary onAugust 14, 2018.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Linares served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Linares served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2018

See also:Connecticut Treasurer election, 2018

General election

General election for Connecticut Treasurer

Shawn Wooden defeatedThad Gray andJesse Brohinsky in the general election for Connecticut Treasurer on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shawn Wooden (D)	55.1	748,091
		Thad Gray (R)	43.6	592,811
	Submit photo	Jesse Brohinsky (L)	1.1	15,514
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	2,196

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,358,612
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Connecticut Treasurer

Shawn Wooden defeatedDita Bhargava in the Democratic primary for Connecticut Treasurer on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shawn Wooden	56.8	116,167
		Dita Bhargava	43.2	88,298

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 204,465
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Arunan Arulampalam (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Connecticut Treasurer

Thad Gray defeatedArt Linares in the Republican primary for Connecticut Treasurer on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thad Gray	56.0	74,042
		Art Linares	44.0	58,087

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 132,129
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2016

See also:Connecticut State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theConnecticut State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

IncumbentArt Linares defeatedNorm Needleman andColin Bennett in the Connecticut State Senate District 33 general election.^[1]

Connecticut State Senate, District 33 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Art LinaresIncumbent	56.92%	31,594
	Democratic	Norm Needleman	41.36%	22,954
	Green	Colin Bennett	1.72%	954
Total Votes				55,502
Source:Connecticut Secretary of the State

Norm Needleman ran unopposed in the Connecticut State Senate District 33 Democratic primary.

Connecticut State Senate, District 33 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Norm Needleman (unopposed)

IncumbentArt Linares ran unopposed in the Connecticut State Senate District 33 Republican primary.

Connecticut State Senate, District 33 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Art LinaresIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Connecticut State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theConnecticut State Senate consisted of a primary election on August 12, 2014, and a general election onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 10, 2014.Emily Bjornberg was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentArt Linares was unopposed in the Republican primary. Linares defeated Bjornberg andColin D. Bennett (G) in the general election.^[2][3]

Connecticut State Senate, District 33 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Art LinaresIncumbent	52.2%	21,173
	Democratic	Emily Bjornberg	39.9%	16,161
	Independent	Art LinaresIncumbent	3.7%	1,499
	Working Families	Emily Bjornberg	2.9%	1,165
	Green	Colin D. Bennett	1.3%	527
Total Votes				40,525

2012

See also:Connecticut State Senate elections, 2012

Linares ran in the2012 election forConnecticut State Senate District 33. Linares ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 14, 2012. He defeatedJames Crawford (D) andMelissa Schlag (G) in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[4][5][6]

Connecticut State Senate, District 33, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Art Linares	48.3%	23,915
	Democratic	James Crawford	42.9%	21,251
	Independent	Melissa Schlag	8.7%	4,317
Total Votes				49,483

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2018

In 2018, theConnecticut General Assembly was in session from February 7 to May 9.

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2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

See also

• Connecticut Treasurer election, 2018
• Connecticut State Senate
• Senate Committees
• Connecticut State Legislature
• Connecticut state legislative districts

External links

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