With Suzio’s win, the GOP holds 14 out of 36 seats. Of the other 22 held by the Dems, 7 won by less than 10% (Steve Cassano in Dist. 4 - Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester and Marlborough, who won by just 73 votes); (Theresa Gerratana in Dist #6 - New Britain, Berlin and Farmington); (Edward Meyer in Dist #12 - Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford, a GOP seat until 2005); (Edith Prague in Dist #19 - part of Montville; Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Norwich and Sprague); (Anthony J. Musto in Dist #22 - Bridgeport, Monroe, and Trumbull, a seat we held as recently as 2008-09); (Carlo Leone in Dist #27 - parts of Darien and Stamford) & (Eileen Daily in Dist #33 - Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland and Westbrook).
If the GOP takes all of those with a concerted effort, that would be a 21R-15D majority. They last won a majority in 1995-97.
I talked to Senator Suzio tonight and he confirmed that Tom Scott had performed brilliantly as campaign manager. I have also determined that the GOP now has what amounts to an anaconda of districts (conservative GOP unless otherwise noted) wrapped around the shoreline from east of New Haven to New York State above the shoreline. East Haven, North Haven and Wallingford have Senator Len Fasano, Meriden, Cheshire, Middletown and Middlefield have Senator Len Suzio, Southington, Cheshire, Waterbury and a few others have Joe Markley (Scott’s old best friend in the Senate newly elected in 2010 after about 20 years absence), two rural districts from there to Danbury on the New York line, a district centered on Ridgefield and New Canaan (possibly held by a moderate) near the line, the Greenwich district probably held by a “moderate,” a district including Fairfield, Westport and other towns held by the son of the late Stewart McKinney who is far less liberal than his father. There is a website for the Connecticut State Senate Republicans. Click on members for photos and district geography. God bess.