2000Final results
2000 election for Connecticut Senate District 16
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Stephen Somma (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Donald M. Rinaldi (D) by 7.5 points.
Stephen SommaRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.8%17,473
Donald M. RinaldiDemocrat
46.2%15,032
32,505 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET