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Connecticut 2008 Election Coverage

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Offices up for Election in 2008

United States President & Vice President

United States House of Representatives: All seats

State Senate: All seats

State House of Representatives: All seats

Presidential Preference Primary Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

United States President

John McCain (R)

Barack Obama (D)

 

Primary Election Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

State Senate

State House

United States House of Representatives

State Senate

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1
John W. Fonfara (D)*
Barbara Ruhe (R)^

District 2
Eric Coleman (D)*^
Veronica Airey-Wilson (R)^

District 3
Gary LeBeau (D)*^

District 4
Mary Ann Handley (D)*^
David Blackwell (R)^

District 5
Jonathan Harris (D)*^
Joseph Merritt (R)^

District 6
Donald DeFronzo (D)*^

District 7
John Kissel (R)*^
George Colli (D)^

District 8
Kevin D. Witkos (R)
Arthur House (D)^

District 9
Paul Doyle (D)*^
Ralph Capenera (R)^

District 10
Toni Harp (D)*^
Melissa Papentones (R)^

District 11
Martin Looney (D)*^

District 12
Edward Meyer (D)*^
Ryan Suerth (R)^

District 13
Thomas Gaffey (D)*^
Tim Lenox (R)^

District 14
Gayle Slossberg (D)*^
Vincent Marino (R)^

District 15
Joan Hartley (D)*^

District 16
Sam Caligiuri (R)*^

District 17
Joe Crisco (D)*^
Leo Moscato (R)^

District 18
Andrew Maynard (D)*^
Anne Hatfield (R)^

District 19
Edith Prague (D)*^

District 20
Andrea Stillman (D)*^
Thomas Simones (R)^

District 21
Dan Debicella (R)*^
Janice Andersen (D)^

District 22
Robert Russo (R)*^
Anthony J. Musto (D)

District 23
Edwin Gomes (D)*^
Milton Johnson (R)^

District 24
Michael McLachlan (R)^
Duane E. Perkins (D)

District 25
Bob Duff (D)*^
Steve Papadakos (R)^

District 26
John Hartwell (D)^
Toni Boucher (R)^

District 27
Andrew McDonald (D)*^
Fred Pierre-Louis (R)^

District 28
John McKinney (R)*^
Martin Goldberg (D)^

District 29
Donald Williams (D)*^
Harry Carboni (R)^

District 30
Andrew Roraback (R)*^
Michael Renzullo (D)^

District 31
Tom Colapietro (D)*^
Joseph Geladino (R)^

District 32
Robert Kane (R)*^
John McCarthy (D)^

District 33
Eileen Daily (D)*^
Vincent Pacileo (R)^

District 34
Leonard Fasano (R)*^

District 35
Valdis Vinkels (D)^

District 36
Scott Frantz (R)^
Mark Diamond (D)^

State House

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1
Kenneth Green (D)*^

District 2
Jason Bartlett (D)*^
Melanie O’Brien (R)^

District 3

Minnie Gonzalez (D)*^

District 4
Kelvin Roldan (D)*^
Stan McCauley (R)^

District 5
Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey (D)*

District 6
Hector Luis Robles (D)

District 7
Douglas McCrory (D)*^

District 8
Joan Lewis (D)*^
Timothy Ackert (R)^

District 9
Clifton E. Thompson (R)
Jason Rojas (D)

District 10
Henry Genga (D)*^

District 11
Timothy Larson (D)^

District 12
Ryan Barry (D)*^
Mark Connors (R)^

District 13
John Thompson (D)*^

District 14
Bill Aman (R)*^
Kathy Hale (D)^

District 15
Faith McMahon (D)*^
Aaron Jubrey (R)^

District 16
Linda Schofield (D)*^
Robert Heagney (R)^

District 17
Timothy LeGeyt (R)
Brett Eisenlohr (D)^

District 18
Andrew Fleischmann (D)*^
Thomas Knox (R)^

District 19
Beth Bye (D)*^
Theresa McGrath (R)^

District 20
David McCluskey (D)*^
Chad Thompson (R)^

District 21
Demetrios Giannaros (D)*^
William Mastrogiovanni (R)^

District 22
Betty Boukus (D)*^
Scott Saunders (R)^

District 23
Marilyn Giuliano (R)*^
Eileen Baker (D)^

District 24
Tim O’Brien (D)*^
Alphonse Wright (R)^

District 25
John Geragosian (D)*^
Barbara Krajewski (R)^

District 26
Peter Tercyak (D)*^
Nicholas Paonessa (R)^

District 27
Sandy Nafis (D)*^
Mark Pappa (R)^

District 28
Russell Morin (D)*^
John Cusano (R)^

District 29
Tony Guerrera (D)*^
Howard Gibeling (R)^

District 30
Joe Aresimowicz (D)*^

District 31
Thomas Kehoe (D)*^
Kurt Cavanaugh (R)^

District 32
Jim O’Rourke (D)*^
Scott Adamsons (R)^

District 33
Joseph Serra (D)*^
Catherine Johnson (R)^

District 34
Gail Hamm (D)*^
David Bauer (R)^

District 35
Brian O’Connor (D)*^

District 36
James Spallone (D)*^
Nelson Struck (R)^

District 37
Ed Jutila (D)*^
Gregory Ellis (R)^

District 38
Elizabeth Ritter (D)*^

District 39

Ernest Hewett (D)*^
Jason Catala (R)^

District 40
Edward Moukawsher (D)*^

District 41
Elissa Wright (D)*^
Deborah Peruzzotti (R)^

District 42
Tom Reynolds (D)*^

District 43
Diana Urban (D)*^
Brian Kluberdanz (R)^

District 44
Mae Flexer (D)^

District 45
Steven Mikutel (D)*^
Ed Berdick (R)^

District 46
Melissa Olson (D)*^

District 47

Jack Malone (D)*^
Christopher Coutu (R)^

District 48
Linda Orange (D)*^

District 49
Daniel Lein (R)^
Susan Johnson (D)

District 50
Mike Alberts (R)*^
Sherri Vogt (D)^

District 51
Shawn Johnston (D)*^

District 52
Penny Bacchiochi (R)*^
Arlene Avery (D)^

District 53
Bryan Hurlburt (D)*^
Robert Arute (R)^

District 54
Denise Merrill (D)*^

District 55

Pamela Sawyer (R)*^

District 56
Claire Janowski (D)*^

District 57
Ted Graziani (D)*^
Christopher Davis (R)^

District 58
Kathy Tallarita (D)*^
Susan Lavelli-Hozempa (R)^

District 59
Karen Jarmoc (D)*^
William Ballard (R)^

District 60
Peggy Sayers (D)*^
Michael Royston (R)^

District 61
Lauren Life (R)^
Matthew Conway (D)^

District 62
Richard Ferrari (R)*^
Annie Hornish (D)^

District 63
George Wilber (D)*^
John Rigby (R)^

District 64
Roberta Willis (D)*^

District 65
Anne Ruwet (R)*^

District 66
Craig Miner (R)*^
Nick Creed (D)^

District 67
Clark Chapin (R)*^

District 68
Sean Williams (R)*^

District 69
Arthur O’Neill (R)*^

District 70
Kevin DelGobbo (R)*^

District 71
Anthony D’Amelio (R)*^
Stephen Ferrucci (D)^

District 72
Larry Butler (D)*^
Benjamin Rhodes (R)^

District 73
Jeffrey Berger (D)*^
William Harris (R)^

District 74
Selim G. Noujaim (R)*

District 75
David Aldarondo (D)*^
Lisa Velez (R)^

District 76
John Piscopo (R)*^
Joseph Arcuri (D)^

District 77
Jill Fitzgerald (R)^
Christopher Wright (D)^

District 78
William Hamzy (R)*^
Jacqui Denski (D)^

District 79
Frank Nicastro (D)*^
Derek Jerome (R)^

District 80
Corky Mazurek (D)*

District 81
Zeke Zalaski (D)*^
Dan Banici (R)^

District 82
Buddy Altobello (D)*^
Floresia Allen (R)^

District 83
Catherine Abercrombie (D)*^
Kevin Scarpati (R)^

District 84
Christopher Donovan (D)*^
Joseph Moller (R)^

District 85

Mary Mushinsky (D)*^
Michael Vitali (R)^


District 86

Vincent Candelora (R)*^

District 87
Steve Fontana (D)*^
Veronica Kivela (R)^

District 88
Brendan Sharkey (D)*^

District 89
Vickie Nardello (D)*^
Martin Atkins (R)^


District 90

Mary Fritz (D)*^

District 91
Peter Villano (D)*^

District 92
Patricia Dillon (D)*^
Paul Ortiz (R)^


District 93
Toni Edmonds-Walker (D)*^

District 94
Gary A. Winfield (D)

District 95

Juan Candelaria (D)*^

District 96
Cameron Staples (D)*^

District 97
Robert Megna (D)*^

District 98
Patricia Widlitz (D)*^

District 99
Mike Lawlor (D)*^
Lori Musco (R)^

District 100
Raymond Kalinowski (R)*^
Matthew Lesser (D)^

District 101
Deborah Heinrich (D)*
Jeanne Stevens (R)^

District 102
Lonnie Reed (D)^

District 103
Al Adinolfi (R)*^
Elizabeth Esty (D)^

District 104
Linda Gentile (D)*^

District 105
Brian Koskelowski (R)^
Theresa Conroy (D)^

District 106
William Rodgers (R)^
Christopher Lyddy (D)^

District 107
David Scribner (R)*^
David Stevenson (D)^

District 108
Mary Ann Carson (R)*^
Ryan Burnett (D)^

District 109
Joseph Taborsak (D)*^
Ted Farah (R)^

District 110
Bob Godfrey (D)*^
Roger Palanzo (R)^

District 111
John Frey (R)*^
Di Masters (D)^

District 112
Debralee Hovey (R)*^
Michele Mount (D)^

District 113
Jason Perillo (R)*^

District 114
Themis Klarides (R)*^
Mark Garofalo (D)^

District 115
Stephen Dargan (D)*^

District 116

Lou Esposito (D)*^

District 117
Paul Davis (D)*^
Stephanie Williams (R)^

District 118
Nanci Seltzer (R)^
Barbara Lambert (D)^

District 119
Richard Roy (D)*^
Kevin Liddy (R)^

District 120
John Harkins (R)*^
Scott Potter (D)^

District 121
Terry Backer (D)*

District 122
Lawrence Miller (R)*^
Cheryl Jansen (D)^

District 123
T.R. Rowe (R)*^
Cheryl Bochet (D)^

District 124
Don Clemons (D)*^
Cecil Young (R)^

District 125

John Hetherington (R)*^

District 126
Joseph Minutolo (R)^
Christopher L. Caruso (D)*

District 127
John Hennessy (D)*^
John Pavia (R)^

District 128
Ramona Marquez (R)^
Andres Ayala Jr. (D)*


District 129

Philip Young (R)^
Auden C. Grogins (D)

District 130
Joel Gonzalez (R)^
Ezequiel Santiago (D)

District 131
David Labriola (R)*^

District 132
Thomas Drew (D)*^
Ralph Bowley (R)^

District 133
Kim Fawcett (D)*^
Amanda Parks (R)^

District 134
Tom Christiano (D)*^
Tony Hwang (R)^

District 135
John Stripp (R)*^

District 136
Joseph Mioli (D)*^
Nitzy Cohen (R)^

District 137
Chris Perone (D)*^
Ellen Wink (R)^

District 138
Janice Giegler (R)*^
William Melillo (D)^

District 139
Kevin Ryan (D)*^

District 140
Bruce Morris (D)*^

District 141

Terrie Wood (R)^

District 142
Lawrence Cafero (R)*^

District 143
Susan Bruschi (R)^
Peggy Reeves (D)^

District 144
James Shapiro (D)*^
Ralph Knapp (R)^

District 145
Fritz Blau (R)^
Patricia Miller (D)^

District 146
Gerald Fox (D)*^

District 147
William Tong (D)*^
Claudia Puff (R)^

District 148
Carlo Leone (D)*^
Charles Pia (R)^

District 149
Livvy Floren (R)*^

District 150
Lile Gibbons (R)*^

District 151
Fred Camillo (R)^
Edward Krumeich (D)^

 

United States House of Representatives

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

U.S. House District 1
John Larson (D)*^
Joe Visconti (R)^

U.S. House District 2
Sean Sullivan (R)^
Joe Courtney (D)*^

U.S. House District 3
Bo Itshaky (R)^
Rosa DeLauro (D)*^

U.S. House District 4
Christopher Shays (R)*^
Jim Himes (D)

U.S. House District 5
Chris Murphy (D)*^
David Cappiello (R)^

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State Election Calendar

February 5

Presidential Preference Primary Election

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August 12

Primary Election

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 November 4

General Election

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