Connecticut Senate

The chamber to the Connecticut State Senate within the capitol.

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 94,600 inhabitants. Senators are elected to a two-year term without term limits. The Connecticut State Senate is one of the 14 upper house bodies in U.S. state legislatures that serves at a two-year cycle, rather than the normal four-year term as in the majority of states.

As in other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate is reserved with special functions such as confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state's executive departments, the state cabinet, commissions and boards. Unlike a majority of U.S. state legislatures, both the Connecticut House of Representatives and the State Senate vote on the composition to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

The Senate meets within the State Capitol in Hartford.

Leadership of the Senate

The Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut serves as the President of the Senate, but only casts a legislative vote if required to break a tie. In his or her absence, the President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate. The President Pro Tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution. The President Pro Tempore is the chief leadership position in the Senate. The other Senate majority and minority leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses.

The President of the Senate is Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele of the Republican Party. The President Pro Tempore is Democrat Donald E. Williams, Jr. of the 29th District (Scotland, Windham). The Majority Leader is Democrat Martin Looney of the 11th District (New Haven). The Minority Leader is Republican John McKinney of the 28th District (Fairfield).

Current leadership

	Senator	District
President/Lieutenant Governor	Michael Fedele
President Pro Tempore	Donald E. Williams, Jr.	29
Majority Leader	Martin M. Looney	11
Minority Leader	John McKinney	28

Make-up of the Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	24
	Republican Party	12
Total		36
Majority		12

Members of the Senate

District	Name	Party	Hometown	First Elected	Towns Represented
1	John W. Fonfara	Democrat	Hartford	1996	Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part)
2	Eric D. Coleman	Democrat	Bloomfield	1994	Bloomfield (part), Hartford (part), Windsor (part)
3	Gary LeBeau	Democrat	East Hartford	1996	East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington (part), South Windsor
4	Mary Ann Handley	Democrat	Manchester	1996	Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough
5	Jonathan A. Harris	Democrat	West Hartford	2004	Bloomfield (part), Burlington, Farmington (part), West Hartford
6	Donald J. DeFronzo	Democrat	New Britain	2002	Berlin, Farmington (part), New Britain
7	John A. Kissel	Republican	Enfield	1992	East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks
8	Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr.	Republican	Simsbury	1998	Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part)
9	Paul R. Doyle	Democrat	Wethersfield	2006	Cromwell, Middletown (part), Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part)
10	Toni N. Harp	Democrat	New Haven	1992	New Haven (part), West Haven (part)
11	Martin M. Looney	Democrat	New Haven	1993	Hamden (part), New Haven (part)
12	Edward Meyer	Democrat	Guilford	2004	Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford
13	Thomas P. Gaffey	Democrat	Meriden	1994	Cheshire (part), Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown (part)
14	Gayle Slossberg	Democrat	Milford	2004	Milford, Orange, West Haven (part)
15	Joan V. Hartley	Democrat	Waterbury	2000	Naugatuck (part), Prospect, Waterbury (part)
16	Sam Caligiuri	Republican	Waterbury	2006	Cheshire (part), Southington, Waterbury (part), Wolcott
17	Joseph J. Crisco, Jr.	Democrat	Woodbridge	1992	Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden (part), Naugatuck (part), Woodbridge
18	Andrew M. Maynard	Democrat	Stonington	2006	Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown
19	Edith G. Prague	Democrat	Columbia	1994	Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville (part), Norwich, Sprague
20	Andrea L. Stillman	Democrat	Waterford	2004	East Lyme, Montville (part), New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Salem, Waterford
21	Dan Debicella	Republican	Shelton	2006	Monroe (part), Shelton, Stratford (part)
22	Bill A. Finch	Democrat	Bridgeport	2000	Bridgeport (part), Monroe (part), Seymour (part), Trumbull
23	Ed A. Gomes	Democrat	Bridgeport	2005	Bridgeport (part), Stratford (part)
24	David J. Cappiello	Republican	Danbury	1998	Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman
25	Bob Duff	Democrat	Norwalk	2000	Darien (part), Norwalk
26	Judith G. Freedman	Republican	Westport	1986	Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton
27	Andrew J. McDonald	Democrat	Stamford	2002	Darien (part), Stamford (part)
28	John McKinney	Republican	Southport	1998	Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part)
29	Donald E. Williams, Jr.	Democrat	Brooklyn	1992	Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham
30	Andrew W. Roraback	Republican	Goshen	2000	Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Winchester
31	Thomas A. Colapietro	Democrat	Bristol	1982	Bristol, Harwinton (part), Plainville, Plymouth
32	Louis C. DeLuca	Republican	Woodbury	1990	Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury
33	Eileen M. Daily	Democrat	Westbrook	1992	Chester, Clinton, Colechester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook (part), Portland, Westbrook
34	Len Fasano	Republican	North Haven	2002	East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford
35	Tony Guglielmo	Republican	Stafford	1992	Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock
36	William H. Nickerson	Republican	Greenwich	1990	Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part)

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Connecticut Senate

Leadership of the Senate

Current leadership

Make-up of the Senate

Members of the Senate

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