Connecticut's 26th State Senate district

Connecticut's 26th
State Senate district
Senator
  Ceci Maher
D–Wilton

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State Senate. The district consists of the entirety of Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield, and Redding, and parts of Bethel, New Canaan and Weston. Previously, the 26th district comprised Norwalk, Wilton, New Canaan, and Easton. However, in the late 1970s Norwalk and Darien became the 25th district. It is currently represented by Democrat Ceci Maher since 2023.

Senators from 1905 to the present

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At some point shortly prior to 1905, Connecticut was redistricted. Fairfield County was previously represented in the 12th Senate District.

Senator Party Years of service Hometown Notes
Jeremiah Donovan Democratic 1905–1909 Norwalk Served in the United States House of Representatives, and as mayor of Norwalk
Joseph F. Silliman Republican 1909–1911 New Canaan
Jeremiah Donovan Democratic 1911–1913 Norwalk Served in the United States House of Representatives, and as mayor of Norwalk
Hanford S. Weed Democratic 1913–1915 New Canaan
Hubert E. Bishop Republican 1915–1917 Norwalk
Charles E. Williamson Republican 1917–1921 Darien
Nehemiah Candee Republican 1921–1923 Easton
John H. Behre Republican 1923–1925 New Canaan
Frank W. Gregory Republican 1925–1927 Norwalk
John D. Milne Republican 1927–1931 Norwalk
Anson F. Keeler Republican 1931–1933 Norwalk Served as Connecticut State Comptroller, and mayor of Norwalk
John D. Milne Republican 1933–1935 Norwalk
Charles P. Rumpf Republican 1935–1939 Darien
Nehemiah Candee Republican 1939–1941 Easton
George L. Warncke Republican 1941–1943 Wilton
Stanley P. Mead Republican 1943–1943 New Canaan Unexpired term filled by Edward J. Kelley
Edward J. Kelley Democratic 1943–1945 Norwalk Special Session Elected to fill unexpired term of S.P. Mead, Served as mayor of Norwalk
Alfred Tweedy Republican 1945–1947 Darien
Stanley Stroffolino Republican 1947–1951 Norwalk
Tage B. Pearson Republican 1951-1953 Wilton Served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1948
Louis A. Lemaire Republican 1953–1957 Norwalk
Abner W. Sibal Republican 1957 – 1961 Norwalk Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives
Majorie D. Farmer Republican 1961 – 1963 Darien
Robert L. Bliss Republican 1963 – 1967 Darien
John M. Lumpton Republican 1967–1971 New Canaan
Edward S. Rimer Jr. Republican 1971–1973 Norwalk
George C. Guidera Republican 1973–1979 Weston
John G. Matthews Republican 1979–1987 New Canaan
Judith G. Freedman Republican 1987 – 2009 Westport
Toni Boucher Republican 2009 – 2019 Wilton
Will Haskell Democratic 2019 – 2023 Westport
Ceci Maher Democratic 2023 – present Wilton

Election results

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2022

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ceci Maher 25,582 56.87%
Total Toni Boucher 19,401 43.13%
Republican Toni Boucher 18,645 41.45%
Independent Party Toni Boucher 756 1.68%
Total votes 44,983 100.00%
Democratic hold

2020

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Will Haskell (incumbent) 38,581 58.34%
Total Kim Healy 27,549 41.66%
Republican Kim Healy 26,095 39.46%
Independent Party Kim Healy 1,454 2.20%
Total votes 66,130 100.00%
Democratic hold

2018

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Will Haskell 28,159 53.40%
Total Toni Boucher (incumbent) 24,574 46.60%
Republican Toni Boucher 23,525 44.61%
Independent Party Toni Boucher 1,049 1.99%
Total votes 52,733 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

2016

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Toni Boucher (incumbent) 34,627 60.20%
Democratic Carolanne Curry 22,898 39.80%
Total votes 57,525 100.00%
Republican hold

2014

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Toni Boucher (incumbent) 24,300 64.67%
Total Philip Sharlach 13,275 35.33%
Democratic Philip Sharlach 12,617 33.58%
Working Families Philip Sharlach 658 1.75%
Total votes 37,575 100.00%
Republican hold

2012

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Toni Boucher (incumbent) 31,824 58.57%
Total Carolanne Curry 22,510 41.43%
Democratic Carolanne Curry 21,673 39.89%
Working Families Carolanne Curry 837 1.54%
Total votes 54,334 100.00%
Republican hold

2010

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Toni Boucher (incumbent) 25,417 60.98%
Democratic John Hartwell 15,777 37.86%
Working Families John Hartwel 485 1.16%
Total votes 41,679 100.00%
Republican hold

2008

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Toni Boucher 28,704 52.89%
Total John Hartwell 25,569 47.11%
Democratic John Hartwell 24,820 45.73%
Working Families John Hartwell 749 1.38%
Total votes 54,273 100.00%
Republican hold

2006

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 21,870 55.60%
Democratic Craig Rebecca Schiavone 17,467 44.40%
Total votes 39,337 100.00%
Republican hold

2004

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 30,665 59.76%
Democratic Arlo Ellison 20,238 39.44%
Independent Party William A. Gulya 411 0.80%
Total votes 51,314 100.00%
Republican hold

2002

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 23,687 100.00%
Total votes 23,687 100.00%
Republican hold

2000

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 32,880 100.00%
Total votes 32,880 100.00%
Republican hold

1998

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 22,719 100.00%
Total votes 22,719 100.00%
Republican hold

1996

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 32,704 71.45%
Democratic Charles P. Jenney 13,064 28.55%
Total votes 45,768 100.00%
Republican hold

1994

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 25,109 74.97%
Democratic George F. Lenz 8,383 25.03%
Total votes 33,492 100.00%
Republican hold

1992

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 27,607 56.54%
Total Ann E. Sheffer 21,222 43.46%
Democratic Ann E. Sheffer 15,639 32.02%
A Connecticut Party Ann E. Sheffer 5,583 11.44%
Total votes 48,829 100.00%
Republican hold

1990

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 26,527 100.00%
Total votes 26,527 100.00%
Republican hold

1988

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman (incumbent) 34,877 74.88%
Democratic George F. Lenz 11,705 25.12%
Total votes 46,582 100.00%
Republican hold

1986

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith G. Freedman 20,843 68.06%
Democratic Louis R. Dorsey Sr. 9,779 31.94%
Total votes 30,622 100.00%
Republican hold

1984

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John G. Matthews (incumbent) 34,950 71.31%
Democratic Adam J. Freeman 14,057 28.69%
Total votes 49,007 100.00%
Republican hold

1982

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John G. Matthews (incumbent) 21,924 67.40%
Democratic Eugene E. Cederbaum 10,602 32.60%
Total votes 32,526 100.00%
Republican hold

1980

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John G. Matthews (incumbent) 32,498 73.32%
Democratic Richard H. Saxl 11,826 26.68%
Total votes 44,324 100.00%
Republican hold

1978

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John G. Matthews 21,039 68.05%
Democratic James L. Eldridge 9,876 31.95%
Total votes 30,915 100.00%
Republican hold

1976

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George C. Guidera (incumbent) 33,566 73.65%
Democratic Gregory L. Collins 12,008 26.35%
Total votes 45,574 100.00%
Republican hold

1974

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George C. Guidera (incumbent) 21,981 66.51%
Democratic Stephen B. Heintz 11,065 33.49%
Total votes 33,046 100.00%
Republican hold

1972

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George C. Guidera 30,765 68.51%
Democratic J. Myron Johnson 14,143 31.49%
Total votes 44,908 100.00%
Republican hold

1970

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1970
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edward S. Rimer Jr. 22,683 69.51%
Democratic Noel J. Aderer 9,950 30.49%
Total votes 32,633 100.00%
Republican hold

1968

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John M. Lumpton (incumbent) 25,005 64.00%
Democratic Charles L. Burlwell 14,065 36.00%
Total votes 39,070 100.00%
Republican hold

1966

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John M. Lumpton 19,202 67.78%
Democratic Alexander P. Aderer 9,130 32.22%
Total votes 28,332 100.00%
Republican hold

1962

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert L. Bliss 25,190 60.41%
Democratic Victor Knauth 16,509 39.59%
Total votes 41,699 100.00%
Republican hold

1960

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Majorie D. Farmer 32,220 62.28%
Democratic Norman P. Seagrave 19,517 37.72%
Total votes 51,737 100.00%
Republican hold

1958

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Abner W. Sibal (incumbent) 21,629 58.60%
Democratic Edward J. Kelley 15,286 41.40%
Total votes 36,915 100.00%
Republican hold

1956

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Abner W. Sibal 34,992 75.01%
Democratic Robert A. Slavitt 11,653 24.99%
Total votes 46,645 100.00%
Republican hold

1954

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1954
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Louis A. Lemaire (incumbent) 22,016 65.22%
Democratic Helen R. Baker 11,738 34.78%
Total votes 33,754 100.00%
Republican hold

1952

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1952
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Louis A. Lemaire 28,587 66.67%
Democratic John J. Dolan 14,195 33.11%
Socialist Richard W. Underhill 96 0.22%
Total votes 42,878 100.00%
Republican hold

1950

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1950
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tage B. Pearson 19,305 59.87%
Democratic John J. Marr 11,757 36.46%
Republican John A. Hansen 1,182 3.67%
Total votes 32,244 100.00%
Republican hold

1948

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1948
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stanley Stroffolino (incumbent) 19,922 56.68%
Democratic Hoyt Catlin 13,271 37.76%
Socialist Irving C. Freese 1,536 4.37%
People's James Martin 419 1.19%
Total votes 35,148 100.00%
Republican hold

1946

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1946
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stanley Stroffolino 15,582 60.58%
Democratic Llewellyn G. Ross 7,465 29.02%
Socialist Christian Hansen 2,677 10.40%
Total votes 25,724 100.00%
Republican hold

1944

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alfred Tweedy 18,370 58.81%
Democratic Thomas H. Dickinson 12,662 40.53%
Socialist Christian Hansen 207 0.66%
Total votes 31,239 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

1942

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1942
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stanley P. Mead 12,004 51.03%
Democratic George R. Stevens Jr. 10,440 44.39%
Socialist Christian Hansen 1,076 4.58%
Total votes 23,520 100.00%
Republican hold

1940

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George L. Warncke 17,158 57.68%
Total James T. Powers 12,395 41.65%
Democratic James T. Powers 12,331 41.44%
Union James T. Powers 64 0.21%
Socialist Christian Hansen 198 0.66%
Write-in 1 0.01%
Total votes 29,752 100.00%
Republican hold

1938

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1938
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nehemiah Candee 11,644 52.74%
Total James T. Powers 7,871 35.64%
Democratic James T. Powers 7,756 35.12%
Union James T. Powers 115 0.52%
Socialist Christian Hansen 2,564 11.62%
Total votes 22,079 100.00%
Republican hold

1936

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1936
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles P. Rumpf (incumbent) 12,238 51.48%
Democratic Conrad F. Wagner 11,534 48.52%
Total votes 23,772 100.00%
Republican hold

1934

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1934
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles P. Rumpf 9,243 52.60%
Democratic Thomas H. Canty 6,975 39.69%
Socialist John Saxton 1,196 6.81%
Independent Citizens Henry A. Thayer 159 0.90%
Total votes 17,573 100.00%
Republican hold

1932

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1932
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John D. Milne 11,247 55.55%
Democratic Charles Swartz 8,368 41.33%
Socialist Stanley D. Fisher 594 2.94%
Communist Laracca 35 0.18%
Total votes 20,244 100.00%
Republican hold

1930

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anson F. Keeler 6,856 52.40%
Democratic John T. Dwyer 6,228 47.60%
Total votes 13,084 100.00%
Republican hold

1928

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John D. Milne (incumbent) 11,210 63.14%
Democratic Henry Kelley 6,542 36.86%
Total votes 17,752 100.00%
Republican hold

1926

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John D. Milne 5,659 75.42%
Democratic Henry J. Klein 1,844 24.58%
Total votes 7,503 100.00%
Republican hold

1924

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank W. Gregory 8,316 74.97%
Democratic William K.J. Hubell 2,777 25.03%
Total votes 11,093 100.00%
Republican hold

1922

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1922
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Behre 4,359 56.76%
Democratic William K.J. Hubell 3,321 43.24%
Total votes 7,680 100.00%
Republican hold

1920

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nehemiah Candee 6,935 68.89%
Democratic Quinlan 3,132 31.11%
Total votes 10,067 100.00%
Republican hold

1918

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles E. Williamson (incumbent) 2,544 56.53%
Total Swartz 1,957 43.47%
Democratic Swartz 1,953 43.39%
Citizens Swartz 4 0.08%
Total votes 4,501 100.00%
Republican hold

1916

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles E. Williamson 3,862 59.69%
Democratic Vollmer 2,570 39.73%
Prohibition E. Bedient 38 0.58%
Total votes 6,470 100.00%
Republican hold

1914

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Hubert E. Bishop 2,902 50.06%
Democratic Hanford S. Weed (incumbent) 2,666 46.00%
Progressive Richardson 163 2.82%
Prohibition E. Bedient 37 0.64%
Socialist Cullen 28 0.48%
Total votes 5,796 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

1912

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hanford S. Weed 2,491 42.65%
Republican Mead 2,145 36.73%
Progressive Pentecost 1,143 19.58%
Prohibition Fancher 61 1.04%
Total votes 5,840 100.00%
Democratic hold

1910

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeremiah Donovan 2,780 54.69%
Republican Quintard 2,179 42.87%
Socialist LaMonte 74 1.46%
Prohibition Mills 49 0.97%
Write-in 1 0.01%
Total votes 5,083 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

1908

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph F. Silliman 2,983 51.37%
Democratic Jeremiah Donovan (incumbent) 2,774 47.77%
Prohibition Benedict 47 0.81%
Write-in 3 0.05%
Total votes 5,807 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

1906

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1906
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeremiah Donovan (incumbent) 2,661 55.55%
Republican Osborn 2,088 43.59%
Prohibition Harris 38 0.80%
Write-in 3 0.06%
Total votes 4,790 100.00%
Democratic hold

1904

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Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeremiah Donovan 2,896 50.46%
Republican Taylor 2,796 48.71%
Prohibition Bedient 45 0.78%
Write-in 3 0.05%
Total votes 5,740 100.00%
Democratic win (new seat)

See also

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References

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