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The1990 Connecticut State Senate elections took place as a part of the biennial1990 United States elections . All 36 seats were up for re-election. Senators serve two year terms and are up for re-election every election cycle.
The Democrats lost 3 seats, while the Republicans gained 4 seats, with the Democrats ultimately maintaining their majority in the Senate.
These elections also saw the attempt ofGreenwich selectman and future governorNed Lamont 's attempt to win in the36th district , but he lost to RepublicanWilliam H. Nickerson after Republican SenatorEmil Benvenuto , who had switched to theA Connecticut Party , also lost to him.[ 1] [ 2]
Six incumbents did not seek re-election.[ 3]
District 20 : Mark H. Powers retired.District 27 :Richard Blumenthal retired tosuccessfully run for Attorney General .District 8 : Reginald J. Smith retired.District 14 :Tom Scott retired to unsuccessfully run forConnecticut's 3rd congressional district againstRosa DeLauro .District 32 : James H. McLaughlin retired to unsuccessfully run forConnecticut's 5th congressional district .District 33 : Kenneth T. Hampton retired.Incumbents defeated [ edit ] Three incumbents were defeated in general elections.[ 4] [ 5]
In general election [ edit ] District 36 :Emil Benvenuto lost re-election to RepublicanWilliam H. Nickerson after he had switched from Republican to theA Connecticut Party .District 25 :John Atkin lost re-election toRobert Genuario .District 12 : Thomas J. Sullivan lost re-election toWilliam Aniskovich .Connecticut's 2nd State Senate district election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Frank D. Barrows (incumbent) 10,566 60.6% Republican Mary K. Drost 6,871 39.4% Total votes 17,437 100.0% Democratic hold
Connecticut's 4th State Senate district election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Michael P. Meotti (incumbent) 24,465 65.3% Republican Sonya "Sonny" Googins 12,998 34.7% Total votes 37,463 100.0% Democratic hold
Connecticut's 6th State Senate district election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Joseph H. Harper Jr. (incumbent) 14,366 100.00% Total votes 14,366 100.00% Democratic hold
Connecticut's 7th State Senate district election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Cornelius O'Leary (incumbent) 20,054 90.1% Libertarian Robert S. Loomis 2,204 9.9% Total votes 22,258 100.0% Democratic hold
Connecticut's 8th State Senate district election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % Republican James T. Fleming 21,872 59.4% Democratic David A. Baram 14,981 40.7% Total votes 36,853 100.0% Republican hold
Connecticut's 9th State Senate district election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic A. Cynthia Matthews (incumbent) 21,094 58.5% Republican Lawrence J. Ebner 14,958 41.5% Total votes 36,052 100.0% Democratic hold
The36th district consisted of all ofGreenwich and the northwestern parts ofStamford . It didn't elect a Democrat as its State Senator since its creation in 1942.[ 6]
On May 23, 1990,Emil Benvenuto endorsedA Connecticut Party candidateLowell Weicker for governor. This outraged the state Republican Party, so much to the point that Benvenuto lost their endorsement and was forced to run on the A Connecticut ticket.[ 7] [ 8]
Results by district [ edit ] Results by district District Nickerson Benvenuto Lamont Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Greenwich 8,594 40.39% 7,631 35.86% 5,055 23.75% 21,280 1 637 37.96% 572 34.09% 469 27.95% 1,678 2 347 52.10% 168 25.23% 151 22.67% 666 2A 219 32.06% 316 46.27% 148 21.67% 683 3 155 27.38% 238 42.05% 173 30.57% 566 3A 68 23.53% 125 43.25% 96 33.22% 289 4 270 31.25% 309 35.76% 285 32.99% 864 4A 167 31.27% 226 42.32% 141 26.41% 534 5 778 39.43% 692 35.07% 503 25.50% 1,973 6 770 39.43% 640 32.77% 543 27.80% 1,953 7 824 53.13% 390 25.14% 337 21.73% 1,551 7A 118 39.20% 93 30.90% 90 29.90% 301 8 750 31.32% 1,120 46.76% 525 21.92% 2,395 9 653 35.74% 712 38.97% 462 25.29% 1,827 10 1,002 57.06% 391 22.27% 363 20.67% 1,756 11 878 61.31% 295 20.60% 259 18.09% 1,432 11A 414 57.98% 192 26.89% 108 15.13% 714 12 241 24.49% 569 57.83% 174 17.68% 984 12A 303 27.20% 583 52.33% 228 20.47% 1,114 Stamford 3,994 49.47% 1,857 23.00% 2,223 27.53% 8,074 Totals 12,588 42.88% 9,488 32.32% 7,278 24.80% 29,354
