- Lead
- 11,342
- Total
- 61,284
- vs nation
- D+20.0
Connecticut 28th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,165
- Total
- 62,754
- vs nation
- D+18.1
- Lead
- 6,133
- Total
- 55,654
- vs nation
- D+8.9
- Lead
- 696
- Total
- 52,634
- vs nation
- R+2.5
- Lead
- 4,900
- Total
- 54,613
- vs nation
- D+1.7
- Lead
- 2,802
- Total
- 53,544
- vs nation
- R+2.8
- Lead
- 93
- Total
- 49,429
- vs nation
- R+0.3
- Lead
- 248
- Total
- 47,351
- vs nation
- R+9.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 104,7792024 5-year
- Population density
- 828 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 127 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $164,4292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+22.6 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50.6 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 36, CT · twin score 96.7
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 28th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
60.6%
38,001 votes · D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 58.3%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
74.0%
29,272 votes · R+47.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 69.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
38,001votes
60.6% of the vote · D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 35,746 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
37,720votes
69.9% of the vote · R+40.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 34,212 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+20.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+18.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +18.1 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+32.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.9 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +31.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 61.7%28,399 | 38.3%17,651 | 46,050 |
| 2018 | D | 61.4%23,066 | 38.6%14,497 | 37,563 |
In 2024 it voted Democratic by D+18.5, against D+9.1 in 2008, having changed party at least once across the five cycles. Median household income was $113,276 in the 2024 ACS 5-year, among the higher figures for a state senate district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.6 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 50.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.5 points.
A population of 104,779, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $164,429 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 36 and State Senate District 26.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Connecticut 28th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/09028/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.