Connecticut's 26th State Senate district

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district
Senator	Ceci Maher D–Wilton

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State Senate. The district consists of the entirety of Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield, and Redding, and parts of Bethel, New Canaan and Weston. Previously, the 26th district comprised Norwalk, Wilton, New Canaan, and Easton. However, in the late 1970s Norwalk and Darien became the 25th district. It is currently represented by Democrat Ceci Maher since 2023.

Senators from 1905 to the present

At some point shortly prior to 1905, Connecticut was redistricted. Fairfield County was previously represented in the 12th Senate District.

Senator	Party	Years of service	Hometown	Notes
Jeremiah Donovan	Democratic	1905–1909	Norwalk	Served in the United States House of Representatives, and as mayor of Norwalk
Joseph F. Silliman	Republican	1909–1911	New Canaan
Jeremiah Donovan	Democratic	1911–1913	Norwalk	Served in the United States House of Representatives, and as mayor of Norwalk
Hanford Weed	Democratic	1913–1915	New Canaan
Hubert Bishop	Republican	1915–1917	Norwalk
Charles Williamson	Republican	1917–1921	Darien
Nehemiah Candee	Republican	1921–1923	Easton
John Behre	Republican	1923–1925	New Canaan
Frank Gregory	Republican	1925–1927	Norwalk
John D. Milne	Republican	1927–1931	Norwalk
Anson F. Keeler	Republican	1931–1933	Norwalk	Served as Connecticut State Comptroller, and mayor of Norwalk
John D. Milne	Republican	1933–1935	Norwalk
Charles Rumpf	Republican	1935–1939	Darien
Nehemiah Candee	Republican	1939–1941	Easton
George Warncke	Republican	1941–1943	Wilton
Stanley P. Mead	Republican	1943–1945	New Canaan	Unexpired term filled by Edward J. Kelley
Edward J. Kelley	Democratic	1943–1945	Norwalk	Special Session Elected to fill unexpired term of S.P. Mead, Served as mayor of Norwalk
Alfred Tweedy	Republican	1945–1947	Darien
Stanley Stroffolino	Republican	1947–1951	Norwalk
Tage Pearson	Republican	1951-1953	Wilton	Served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1948
Louis Lemaire	Republican	1953–1957	Norwalk
Abner W. Sibal	Republican	1957 – 1961	Norwalk	Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives
Marjorie Farmer	Republican	1961 – 1963	Darien
Robert L. Bliss	Republican	1963–1967	New Canaan
Jacob Rudolf	Democratic	1967–1973	Norwalk
George Guidera	Republican	1973–1979	Weston
John G. Matthews	Republican	1979–1987	New Canaan
Judith G. Freedman	Republican	1987 – 2009	Westport
Toni Boucher	Republican	2009 – 2019	Wilton
Will Haskell	Democratic	2019 – 2023	Westport
Ceci Maher	Democratic	2023 – present	Wilton

Election results

2022

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ceci Maher	25,582	56.87%
	Total	Toni Boucher	19,401	43.13%
	Republican	Toni Boucher	18,645	41.45%
	Independent Party	Toni Boucher	756	1.68%
Total votes			44,983	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2020

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Will Haskell (incumbent)	38,581	58.34%
	Total	Kim Healy	27,549	41.66%
	Republican	Kim Healy	26,095	39.46%
	Independent Party	Kim Healy	1,454	2.20%
Total votes			66,130	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2018

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Will Haskell	28,159	53.40%
	Total	Toni Boucher (incumbent)	24,574	46.60%
	Republican	Toni Boucher	23,525	44.61%
	Independent Party	Toni Boucher	1,049	1.99%
Total votes			52,733	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Toni Boucher (incumbent)	34,627	60.20%
	Democratic	Carolanne Curry	22,898	39.80%
Total votes			57,525	100.00%
	Republican hold

2014

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Toni Boucher (incumbent)	24,300	64.67%
	Total	Philip Sharlach	13,275	35.33%
	Democratic	Philip Sharlach	12,617	33.58%
	Working Families	Philip Sharlach	658	1.75%
Total votes			37,575	100.00%
	Republican hold

2012

Connecticut's 26th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Toni Boucher (incumbent)	31,824	58.57%
	Total	Carolanne Curry	22,510	41.43%
	Democratic	Carolanne Curry	21,673	39.89%
	Working Families	Carolanne Curry	837	1.54%
Total votes			54,334	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• Connecticut's 12th Senate district
• Connecticut's 25th Senate district
• History of Norwalk, Connecticut
• History of Wilton, Connecticut
• List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut