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Official portrait of John Fonfara

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Connecticut State Senate

Senator John Fonfara

SeatSenate District 1
PartyDemocratic
Capitol officeRoom 3700 · Legislative Office Building
Mailing addressRoom 3700, Legislative Office Building 300 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT 06106
Capitol phone860-240-0043
Write tofonfara@senatedems.ct.gov (official address)
TenureServing since January 8, 1997

Committees 6

Bills, 2026 session 1 as principal author · 0 as coauthor

All 1 bills as principal author ›

Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score

Effectiveness 2026 session

0.0934th of 36 in the Senate
8th percentile
Bills & joint resolutions authored1
… passed committee / chamber / both1 / 1 / 1
… became law1
Carried in the other chamber (became law)0 (0)
Points vs. Senate majority average10 ÷ 107.16 = 0.09
Most-authored topicsBudget & taxes (1), Schools (K–12) (1)

Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.

Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26

“Written together” = 2026 session bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.

District 1

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Matt Ritter (1), Minnie Gonzalez (3), Julio Concepción (4), Maryam Khan (5), Jimmy Sánchez (6), Joshua Hall (7), Jason Rojas (9), Henry Genga (10), Patrick Biggins (11), Geoff Luxenberg (12), Jason Doucette (13), Tom Delnicki (14), Bobby Gibson (15), Melissa Osborne (16), Eleni DeGraw (17), Jill Gilchrest (18), Tammy Exum (19), Kate Farrar (20), Mike Demicco (21), Rebecca Martinez (22), Manny Sanchez (24), Iris Sánchez (25), Dave DeFronzo (26), Gary Turco (27), Amy Morrin Bello (28), Kerry Wood (29), Donna Veach (30), Jill Barry (31), Steve Weir (55), Jaime Foster (57), John Santanella (58), Carol Hall (59), Jane Garibay (60), Tami Zawistowski (61), Mark Anderson (62), John Piscopo (76), Cara Pavalock-D'Amato (77), Joe Hoxha (78), Mary Fortier (79), Gale Mastrofrancesco (80), Chris Poulos (81), Jack Fazzino (83)
Senate District 1 and neighboursSenate District 1: John Fonfara (D)Senate District 2: Doug McCrory (D)Senate District 3: Saud Anwar (D)Senate District 4: M.D. Rahman (D)Senate District 5: Derek Slap (D)Senate District 6: Rick Lopes (D)Senate District 8: Paul Honig (D)Senate District 9: Matt Lesser (D)Senate District 16: Rob Sampson (R)Senate District 19: Cathy Osten (D)Senate District 31: Henri Martin (R)Senate District 33: Norm Needleman (D)Senate District 35: Jeff Gordon (R)New HavenMiddlesexHartfordTolland123456891619313335
District 1 outlined; neighbours link to their members. Full map › · Census 2024 boundaries, simplified.

Official district map: see the official Senate page.

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Source

Copied from https://cga.ct.gov/asp/CGABillStatus/CGAMemberBills.asp?dist_code=%27S01%27&dist_name=Fonfara,%20John%20W. on October 31, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Connecticut State Senate.

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