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The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 94,600 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits. The Connecticut State Senate is one of 14 state legislative upper houses whose members serve two-year terms; four-year terms are more common.
As in other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate is reserved with special functions such as confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state's executive departments, the state cabinet, commissions and boards. Unlike a majority of U.S. state legislatures, both the Connecticut House of Representatives and the State Senate vote on the composition to the Connecticut Supreme Court.
The Senate meets within the State Capitol in Hartford.

Leadership of the Senate

The Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut serves as the President of the Senate, but only casts a vote if required to break a tie. In his or her absence, the President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate. The President Pro Tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution. The President Pro Tempore is the chief leadership position in the Senate. The Senate majority and minority leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses.
The President of the Senate is Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele of the Republican Party. The President Pro Tempore is Democrat Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Scotland). The Majority Leader is Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and the Minority Leader is John McKinney (R-Fairfield).

Current leadership

Position		Senator
President/Lieutenant Governor	Michael Fedele
President Pro Tempore	Donald E. Williams, Jr.	29
Majority Leader	Martin M. Looney	11
Minority Leader	John P. McKinney	28

Make-up of the Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	23
	Republican Party	13
Total		36
Majority		10

Members of the Senate

District	Name	Party	Hometown	First Elected	Towns Represented
1	John W. Fonfara	Democrat	Hartford	1996	Hartford (part), Wethersfield (part)
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7	John A. Kissel	Republican	Enfield	1992	East Granby, Enfield, Granby (part), Somers, Suffield, Windsor (part), Windsor Locks
8	Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr.	Republican	Simsbury	1998	Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (part), Hartland, Harwinton (part), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (part)















24	David J. Cappiello	Republican	Danbury	1998	Bethel (part), Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman

26	Judith G. Freedman	Republican	Westport	1986	Bethel (part), New Canaan (part), Redding, Ridgefield, Weston (part), Westport, Wilton

28	John P. McKinney	Republican	Southport	1998	Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part)

30	Andrew W. Roraback	Republican	Goshen	2000	Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part), Warren, Washington, Winchester

32	Rob Kane/ Won Special election January 15, 2008	Republican	Watertown	2008	Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour (part), Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury

34	Len Fasano	Republican	North Haven	2002	East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford
35	Tony Guglielmo	Republican	Stafford	1992	Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington (part), Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock
36	William H. Nickerson	Republican	Greenwich	1990	Greenwich, New Canaan (part), Stamford (part)

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