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Connecticut Senate District 4
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by M.D. Rahman Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Jenn JenningsRepublicanMD RahmanDemocratic · Incumbent
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: M.D. Rahman (D) 64.2, Stephen King (R) 35.8
- Last election
- M.D. Rahman (Democratic) won by 28.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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- MD RahmanIncumbentDemocratic(Democratic, Working Families Party)
- Jenn JenningsRepublican
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
- 51,521
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticM.D. RahmanWonName as filed: Md Rahman Democratic 33,09964.2% RepublicanStephen King Republican 18,42235.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,207
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticM.D. RahmanWon Democratic 23,64260.3% RepublicanJacqueline Crespan Republican 15,56539.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,104
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve CassanoWon(incumbent) Democratic 31,71458.6% RepublicanMatthew M. Corey Republican 20,73738.3% OtherHarold S. Harris Other 8301.5% OtherKelly Elizabeth Green Other 8231.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,889
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve CassanoWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,25754.2% RepublicanMark Tweedie Republican 19,63245.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,703
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve CassanoWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,14650.6% RepublicanLorraine Marchetti Republican 23,55749.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,894
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve CassanoWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,66552.1% RepublicanWhit Osgood Republican 16,22947.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,114
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve CassanoWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,93056.5% RepublicanCheri Ann Pelletier Republican 19,18443.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,049
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve CassanoWon Democratic 18,56150.1% RepublicanStewart Beckett Republican 18,48849.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,855
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann HandleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,57358.5% RepublicanDavid H. Blackwell Republican 20,28241.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,151
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann HandleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,08761.1% RepublicanStewart Beckett III Republican 14,06438.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,743
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann HandleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 30,32366.3% RepublicanMichael T. Fitzpatrick Republican 14,74932.2% OtherAdam D. Johnson Other 6711.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,242
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann HandleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,46163.7% RepublicanDavid O. Odegard Republican 12,78136.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,946
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann HandleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,19958.3% RepublicanRoss Garber Republican 18,74741.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,712
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann HandleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,28657.2% RepublicanSusan Falcetta Republican 14,42642.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,600
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann HandleyWon Democratic 21,84650.1% RepublicanPaul R. Munns(incumbent) Republican 21,75449.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,530
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul R. MunnsWon Republican 18,72251.3% DemocraticJoel E. Janenda Democratic 17,80848.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,584
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael P. MeottiWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,11560.4% RepublicanChris Powell Republican 18,46939.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,463
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael P. MeottiWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,46565.3% RepublicanSonya Googins Republican 12,99834.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,012
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael P. MeottiWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,36357.3% RepublicanCarl A. Zinsser Republican 19,64942.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,774
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael P. MeottiWon Democratic 17,77651.1% RepublicanCarl A. Zinsser(incumbent) Republican 16,99848.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,480
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl A. ZinsserWon(incumbent) Republican 24,75954.4% DemocraticStephen T. Cassano Democratic 20,72145.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,453
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl A. ZinsserWon(incumbent) Republican 17,42950.6% DemocraticStephen T. Penny Democratic 17,02449.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,388
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl A. ZinsserWon Republican 23,23450.1% DemocraticAbraham Glassman Democratic 23,15449.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,091
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid M. BarryWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,31363.6% RepublicanFenton P. Futtner Republican 12,77836.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,297
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid M. BarryWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,48155.3% RepublicanDavid W. Cohen Republican 19,81644.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,924
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid M. BarryWon Democratic 19,24453.6% RepublicanDavid O. Odegard(incumbent) Republican 16,68046.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,949
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid O. OdegardWon(incumbent) Republican 23,75156.6% DemocraticA. Estelle Flanagan Democratic 18,19843.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,021
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid O. OdegardWon Republican 17,47454.6% DemocraticDonimic J. Squatrito Democratic 14,54745.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,405
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Connecticut Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid M. BarryWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,15552.8% RepublicanNathan G. Agostinelli Republican 16,25047.2%
- 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:4
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026