2022 Connecticut Senate election

The 2022 Connecticut State Senate election were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. Connecticut voters elected senators in all of the 36 State Senate districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the Connecticut State Senate, with all 36 of the seats up for election each cycle. Primary Elections were held in August 2022.

2022 Connecticut State Senate election

November 8, 2022

All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate
19 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bob Duff Kevin C. Kelly
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 7, 2015 January 6, 2021
Leader's seat District 11 District 21
Last election 24 12
Seats before 23 13
Seats won 24 12
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 643,543 535,500
Percentage 52.96% 44.07%
Swing 1.86% 0.37%

Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

President before election

Susan Bysiewicz
Democratic

Elected President

Susan Bysiewicz
Democratic

Democrats gained 1 seat, increasing their majority to 24 out of 36 seats, and winning back the supermajority they had lost in a resignation and special election in 2021.

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