2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Connecticut House District 16
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Linda Schofield (D) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Robert Heagney (R) by 1.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Linda SchofieldDemocrat · winner
50.6%5,536
Robert HeagneyRepublican · incumbent
49.0%5,356
Robert H. KalechmanIndependent
0.4%42
10,934 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET