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Race · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
State Senate, District 23
What this job does A State Senator serves a 2-year term in the 36-member State Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget. source: portal.ct.gov
Held today by Herron Gaston (Democratic).
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Candidates in alphabetical order by last name, as printed in the General Election Guide, Appendix II ↗ . Each office has a write-in space. A write-in vote counts only for a person who registered as a write-in candidate with the Secretary of the State before the deadline.
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