1984 Connecticut Senate election

1984 Connecticut State Senate election

November 6, 1984

All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate
19 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Philip Robertson Richard Schneller
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 34th 20th
Last election 13 23
Seats before 13 22
Seats won 24 12
Seat change 11 10
Popular vote 779,216 623,619
Percentage 55.27% 44.24%
Swing 10.44% 10.74%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

President pro tempore before election

James J. Murphy, Jr.
Democratic

Elected President pro tempore

Philip Robertson
Republican

The 1984 Connecticut State Senate elections took place as a part of the biennial 1984 United States elections. All 36 seats were up for re-election. Senators serve two year terms and are up for re-election every election cycle.

Mainly with the help of Reagan's coattails, as he had won Connecticut by twenty-one points on the same ballot, the Republicans took control of the Senate, managing to secure a two-thirds supermajority over the Democrats, although failing to secure a supermajority in the state house.