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Connecticut Senate District 28
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Tony Hwang Republican (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
Rob BlanchardDemocraticAmybeth LarocheRepublican
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Tony Hwang (R) 54.6, Rob Blanchard (D) 45.4
- Last election
- Tony Hwang (Republican) won by 9.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: BlanchardRight column: Laroche
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The current holder, Tony Hwang, is not on the candidate list.
- Rob BlanchardDemocratic(Democratic, Independent Party)
- Amybeth LarocheRepublican
Source: portal.ct.gov, dated Oct 28
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Official results for Connecticut
History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 60,744
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTony HwangWon Republican 33,17254.6% DemocraticRob Blanchard Democratic 27,57245.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,062
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTony HwangWon(incumbent) Republican 23,34950.7% DemocraticTimothy Gavin Democratic 22,71349.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 61,620
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTony HwangWon(incumbent) Republican 31,85751.7% DemocraticMichelle McCabe Democratic 29,75948.3% Christopher Dematteo Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,613
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTony HwangWon(incumbent) Republican 25,27752.0% DemocraticMichelle Lapine McCabe Democratic 23,33648.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,100
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTony HwangWon(incumbent) Republican 32,65960.4% DemocraticPhilip Dwyer Democratic 21,44139.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,442
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTony HwangWon Republican 20,48156.2% DemocraticKim Fawcett Democratic 15,96143.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,368
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn McKinneyWon(incumbent) Republican 33,368100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,943
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn McKinneyWon(incumbent) Republican 26,24967.4% DemocraticMitchell Fuchs Democratic 12,69432.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,429
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn McKinneyWon(incumbent) Republican 31,62761.5% DemocraticMartin A. Goldberg Democratic 19,80238.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,305
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn McKinneyWon(incumbent) Republican 24,305100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,056
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn McKinneyWon(incumbent) Republican 31,32465.2% DemocraticMorgan Graham Democratic 16,73234.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,728
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn McKinneyWon(incumbent) Republican 22,728100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,228
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn McKinneyWon(incumbent) Republican 28,43264.3% DemocraticFelix Giannini Democratic 15,79635.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,684
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn McKinneyWon Republican 18,91261.6% DemocraticThomas G. Ganim Democratic 11,77238.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,296
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred H. Lovegrove Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 22,78052.6% DemocraticThomas G. Ganim Democratic 20,51647.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,060
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred H. Lovegrove Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 19,10759.6% DemocraticGary A. Fetzer Democratic 12,95340.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,099
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred H. Lovegrove Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 24,82257.6% DemocraticGary A. Fetzer Democratic 17,80341.3% IndependentEdward W. Simon Independent 4741.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,309
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred H. Lovegrove Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 19,66259.0% DemocraticKay Doyle Democratic 13,64741.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,809
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred H. Lovegrove Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 28,27966.1% DemocraticJonathan Kantrowitz Democratic 13,84332.3% IndependentBarbara J. Simon Independent 6871.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,319
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred H. Lovegrove Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 15,99452.8% DemocraticBarbara A. Bernacki Democratic 14,32547.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,534
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred H. Lovegrove Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 31,81768.4% DemocraticLaurence Sarezky Democratic 14,71731.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,271
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred H. Lovegrove Jr.Won Republican 18,29153.4% DemocraticPatricia Ohearne Democratic 15,98046.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,304
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMyron R. BallenWon(incumbent) Republican 25,58759.1% DemocraticJohn F. Fallon Democratic 17,71740.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,593
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMyron R. BallenWon(incumbent) Republican 17,11352.5% DemocraticPeter L. Gerety Democratic 15,48047.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,313
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMyron R. BallenWon Republican 22,16652.4% DemocraticJoseph W. Schwartz(incumbent) Democratic 20,14747.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,332
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph W. SchwartzWon Democratic 16,86950.6% RepublicanJoseph T. Gormley(incumbent) Republican 16,46349.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,466
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph T. GormleyWon Republican 27,06665.3% DemocraticJonathan Kantrowitz Democratic 14,40034.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,768
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJacob P. RudolfWon(incumbent) Republican 13,79255.7% DemocraticWilliam A. Collins Democratic 10,63843.0% OtherJames J. Lyons Jr. Other 3381.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,227
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Connecticut Senate District 28, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJacob P. RudolfWon(incumbent) Republican 17,51858.0% DemocraticI. Harold Glazer Democratic 12,70942.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ct/sldu:28
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026