2002 Connecticut Senate election

2002 Connecticut State Senate election
All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate ; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain
President pro tempore of the Senate before election; Kevin Sullivan ; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore of the Senate; Kevin Sullivan ; Democratic

Last updated March 02, 2025

The 2002 Connecticut State Senate elections took place as a part of the biennial 2002 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 primary elections which took place on September 10, 2002, determined which candidates appeared on the ballot for the November 5th general election.^[1]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[2]	Likely D	October 4, 2002

Results

District 1

District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Fonfara (incumbent)	10,618
	Republican	John M. Halstead	3,488
	Green	S. Michael DeRosa	876
Total votes			14,982	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 2

District 2^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric D. Coleman (incumbent)	14,810	77.07
	Republican	Joseph Q. Fleeting	4,407	22.93
Total votes			19,217	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 3

District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary LeBeau (incumbent)	16,334
	Republican	Stephanie L. Labanowski	11,454
Total votes			27,788	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 4

District 4^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Ann Handley (incumbent)	22,461	63.73
	Republican	David O. Odegard	12,781	36.27
Total votes			35,242	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 5

District 5^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin B. Sullivan (incumbent)	25,762	69.26
	Republican	Douglas T. Putnam	11,053	29.72
	Working Families	Abraham J. Walker	381	1.02
Total votes			37,196	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 6

District 6^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald J. DeFronzo	12,353	54.12
	Republican	Thomas Bozek	10,474	45.88
Total votes			22,827	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 7

District 7^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John A. Kissel (incumbent)	18,169	62.56
	Democratic	John A. Reveruzzi	10,873	37.44
Total votes			29,042	100.00
	Republican hold

District 8

District 8^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas J. Herlihy (incumbent)	22,327	64.65
	Democratic	Kelvin Hecht	10,826	31.35
	Green	Thomas J. Sevigny	1,382	4.00
Total votes			34,535	100.00
	Republican hold

District 9

District 9^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Biagio "Billy" Ciotto (incumbent)	21,932	69.68
	Republican	Ken McClellan	9,543	30.32
Total votes			31,475	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 10

District 10^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni N. Harp (incumbent)	12,286	100.00
Total votes			12,286	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 11

District 11^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Looney (incumbent)	15,022
	Republican	Ernest J. Diette, Jr.	4,735
Total votes			19,757	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 12

District 12^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Aniskovich (incumbent)	20,576
	Democratic	Catherine S. Jackson	13,501
Total votes			34,077	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 13

District 13^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Gaffey (incumbent)	17,557
	Republican	Joseph E. Bibisi	11,236
	Working Families	Linda L. Moore	597
Total votes			29,390	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 14

District 14^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Win Smith, Jr. (incumbent)	17,034
	Democratic	Andrew C. Testo	11,267
Total votes			28,301	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 15

District 15^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Hartley (incumbent)	12,475
	Working Families	Blair F. Bertaccini	1,273
Total votes			13,748	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 16

District 16^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Murphy	15,953
	Republican	Ann P. Dandrow	14,370
Total votes			30,323	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

District 17^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Crisco (incumbent)	17,142	100.0%
Total votes			17,142	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 18

District 18^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cathy Welles Cook (incumbent)	15,653
	Democratic	Michael J. Kindle	9,855
	Green	Penny L. Teal	1,487
Total votes			26,995	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 19

District 19^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Prague (incumbent)	15,448
	Republican	Peter A. Nystrom	13,132
Total votes			28,580	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 20

District 20^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melodie Peters (incumbent)	17,705
	Republican	John Leahy	11,021
Total votes			28,726	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 21

District 21^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Gunther (incumbent)	20,115
	Democratic	Jack Terceno	12,216
Total votes			32,371	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 22

District 22^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Finch (incumbent)	13,354
	Republican	Elaine S. Hammers	10,782
Total votes			24,136	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 23

District 23^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alvin Penn (incumbent)	7,256
	Republican	Jerry A. Blackwell	2,146
	Working Families	Heather Partlow	252
Total votes			9,654	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 24

District 24^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Cappiello	15,488	100.0%
Total votes			15,488	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 25

District 25^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Genuario (incumbent)	14,007
	Democratic	William Wrenn	9,277
	Working Families	A. Brian Petronella	340
Total votes			23,624	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 26

District 26^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judith G. Freedman (incumbent)	23,687	100.0%
Total votes			23,687	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 27

District 27^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew J. McDonald	11,482
	Republican	Michael Fedele	10,180
Total votes			21,662	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 28

District 28^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John P. McKinney (incumbent)	22,728	100.0%
Total votes			22,728	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 29

District 29^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald E. Williams Jr. (incumbent)	14,288
	Republican	Deborah B. Noble	1,564
Total votes			15,852	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 30

District 30^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Roraback (incumbent)	23,606
	Democratic	Robert L. Marconi	9,478
Total votes			33,084	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 31

District 31^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Colapietro (incumbent)	16,024
	Republican	Andrew J. Kasznay Jr.	8,495
Total votes			24,519	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 32

District 32^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louis DeLuca (incumbent)	22,139
	Democratic	Patricia L. Reilly	12,237
Total votes			34,376	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 33

District 33^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen Daily (incumbent)	20,623
	Republican	Anthony Chirico	12,675
Total votes			33,298	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 34

District 34^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Len Fasano	15,213
	Democratic	Brian McDermott (incumbent)	14,703
	Working Families	Marie J. Guest	416
Total votes			30,332	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 35

District 35^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Guglielmo (incumbent)	21,774
	Democratic	Patrick J. Flaherty	11,949
Total votes			33,723	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 36

District 36^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William H. Nickerson	20,445	100.0%
Total votes			20,445	100.0%
	Republican hold

References

↑ Ballotpedia. "Connecticut State Senate elections, 2002". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
↑ Jacobson, Louis (October 4, 2002). "2002 State Legislature Ratings" . The Cook Political Report : 149–150. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020 – via Harvard Dataverse.
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[1] Ballotpedia. "Connecticut State Senate elections, 2002". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

[:0-2] Jacobson, Louis (October 4, 2002). "2002 State Legislature Ratings" . The Cook Political Report : 149–150. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020 – via Harvard Dataverse.

[Res-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "VOTE FOR STATE SENATORS NOVEMBER 5, 2002". The Office of Secretary of the State . Retrieved December 8, 2020.

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