The Connecticut Senate election, 2006 was held on November 7, 2006 to elect Senators to the

Connecticut State Senate The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 99,280 inhabitants. Sena ...

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

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. The election saw the election or re-election of 24 Democrats and 12

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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. ;Notes ^TP Denotes that a minor,

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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.

References

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2006 state legislature elections in the United States