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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Connecticut State Senate election results, district by district

Every Connecticut State Senate district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 36 seats

After the electionD 25 · R 11
Races36
Changed party13
Unopposed6%2 races
Incumbents defeated11

Every district

D 25 · R 11

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1William A. Dibella (D)54.8
SD-2Frank D. Barrows (D)53.8
SD-3John B. Larson (D)Unopposed
SD-4Michael P. Meotti (D)2.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-5Kevin B. Sullivan (D)10.9Flipped
SD-6Joseph H. Harper (D)39.3
SD-7Cornelius Oleary (D)Unopposed
SD-8Reginald J. Smith (R)11.5
SD-9A. Cynthia Matthews (D)12.3FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-10John C. Daniels (D)55.7
SD-11Anthony Avallone (D)50.3
SD-12Thomas J. Sullivan (D)2.7FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-13Amelia P. Mustone (D)36.1
SD-14Thomas Scott (R)10.1
SD-15Thomas F. Upson (R)2.9
SD-16Donald M. Rinaldi (D)6.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-17Gary A. Hale (D)14.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-18Steven Spellman (D)7.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-19Kenneth L. Przybysz (D)21.3FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-20Mark Healey Powers (D)13.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-21George L. Gunther (R)21.8
SD-22Howard Owens (D)14.9FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-23Margaret E. Morton (D)47.8
SD-24James Maloney (D)3.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-25John Atkin (D)1.1Flipped
SD-26Judith Freedman (R)36.1
SD-27Anthony D. Truglia (D)30.0
SD-28Fred H. Lovegrove Jr. (R)5.5
SD-29Kevin P. Johnston (D)41.0
SD-30M. Adela Eads (R)14.1
SD-31Steven C. Casey (D)49.5
SD-32James H. McLaughlin (R)36.1
SD-33Kenneth T. Hampton (R)7.5
SD-34Philip S. Robertson (R)17.7
SD-35Marie A. Herbst (D)15.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-36Michael L. Morano (R)27.7

Connecticut State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner