State race roundup
MikeCT at MLN breaks it all down the big state races.
House
Open seats - Dems win
- Jason Bartlett defeats Gallagher, picking up former R seat
- Beth Bye defeats Barbara Carpenter for Bob Farr's R seat! West Hartford now all-Democratic!
- Tom Kehoe defeats Susan Karp for previous Sonny Googin R seat
- Bryan Hurlburt wins over Teveris, keeping Democratic seat
- Frank Nicastro defeats Henry, keeping Dem seat
- Joe Taborsak defeats Seabury, keeping Dem seat of Lew Wallace
- Elissa Wright defeats Bond, picking up former R seat (Winkler)
Open seats- Rs win
None?
D challengers defeat R incumbent
- Kim Fawcett defeating Cathy Tymniak (5 of 6 precincts)
- William Tong defeats Don Sherer
R challengers defeat D incumbent
- Ron Burns defeats Roger Michele
Other Notables
- Joe Aresimowicz (D) defends seat against Pocock, who far out-raised him
- Mike Alberts (R) keeps seat against Sherri Vogt (sigh)
- Derek Donnelly -D lost to Fahrbach
- John Harkins - R defeats Dave Mooney
Senate
Open seats - Republicans win
- Sam Caliguiri beats David Zoni for Chris Murphy's old Senate seat
- Dan Debicella beats Chris Jones (17 of 19 precincts)
Open seats - Dems win
- Andy Maynard beats Winkler for Cathy Cook's old R seat
- Paul Doyle (conservative Dem) beats Capenera, keeping Dem seat
Dem Senator challengers beat R incumbent
- Steve Berry beats incumbent Tom Herlihy
Notable races
- Ed Meyer beats Family Institute candidate Gregg Hannan (yeah!) 63-37
- Gayle Slossberg beats Lisaman 2-1
- Andrea Stillman beats Family Inst. candidate Oliveira
- Sen Andy McDonald defeats Family Inst candidate Giordano
- Dem Ed Krumeich very narrowly loses challenge to Claudia Powers in Greenwich!
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