Idiots, the GOP won the State Senate in 1994 right? It’s hard to imagine that happening today. They should ask Governor LePage how nice it is not to have a Leninist-controlled state house.
Yes, the CT GOP had the Senate from 1995-97, though promptly lost it (in part because Dole decided to abandon his campaign in the Northeast, which cost us up there). It has since dwindled to 22D-14R, just 2 seats below a technical 2/3rds (the GOP gained 1 seat in 2010 and another in a 2011 special. From after 2004, they were down 24-12, and had been at 21-15 prior to 2004).
Frustratingly, there were 7 additional seats the Democrats won in that body with less than 10% of the vote in 2010, and if the GOP had swept them all, they would’ve had a 21R-15D majority (interestingly, the Republican, Suzio, who won the special election in 2011, lost by 16% against the disgraced Dem incumbent in ‘10, so it wasn’t even one of those “close” seats). Enough to be a thorn in the ass to the execrable office-stealing Malloy.
I think it is the gerrymandering in the Northeast that accounts for the hyper-Dem majorities, as they shouldn’t be nearly as lopsided. Look at New York. If they can manage to have a GOP Senate with favorable lines, it’s rather telling.