2016 Connecticut Senate election

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All 36 seats in theConnecticut State Senate 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	76.94%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Martin Looney Len Fasano Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 7, 2015 January 7, 2015 Leader's seat 11th 34th Last election 21 15 Seats won 18 18 Seat change 3 3
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold
President pro tempore of the Senate before election Martin Looney Democratic Elected President pro tempore of the Senate Martin Looney (Democratic) Len Fasano (Republican)

The2016 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, concurrently withthe elections for theConnecticut House of Representatives, to elect members to theConnecticut General Assembly. All 36 seats in theConnecticut Senate were up for election. The election resulted in a tie, with the parties controlling 18 seats each. Primary elections were held on August 9, 2016.^[1][2]

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			2014	2016	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	35	21	18	3	50.00%	747,662	48.56%
	Republican	33	15	18	3	50.00%	713,635	46.35%
	Independent Party	1[a]	0	0		0.00%	41,265	2.68%
	Working Families	0[b]	0	0		0.00%	31,359	2.04%
	Green	4	0	0		0.00%	3,468	0.23%
	Other parties and Write-ins	5	0	0		0.00%	2,247	0.15%
Total		78	36	36	0	100.00%	1,539,636	100.00%	-

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
Before Election	21	15	36	0
After Election	18	18	36	0
Change	3	3

Democratic incumbentJohn Fonfara was re-elected to an 11th term after defeating Republican candidate Barbara Ruhe and Green Party candidate Barbara Barry. Fonfara has represented the 1st District since 1997.

Democratic incumbentEric Coleman was re-elected to a 12th term after defeating Republican candidate Theresa Tillett and write-in candidates Charles Jackson and Martha S. Kelly. Coleman was also nominated by the Working Families Party. He has represented the 2nd District since 1995.

Democratic incumbentTimothy Larson was re-elected to a second term after defeating Republican candidate Carolyn Mirek. Mirek was also nominated by the Independent Party. Larson has represented the 3rd District since 2015.

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