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[edit]

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 Weed	Democratic	1913–1915	New Canaan
Hubert Bishop	Republican	1915–1917	Norwalk
Charles Williamson	Republican	1917–1921	Darien
Nehemiah Candee	Republican	1921–1923	Easton
John Behre	Republican	1923–1925	New Canaan
Frank 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 Rumpf	Republican	1935–1939	Darien
Nehemiah Candee	Republican	1939–1941	Easton
George 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 Pearson	Republican	1951-1953	Wilton	Served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1948
Louis 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[edit]

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1974[edit]

See also[edit]

• Connecticut's 12th Senate district
• Connecticut's 25th Senate district
• History of Norwalk, Connecticut
• History of Wilton, Connecticut
• List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut

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