Bob Duff headed to Hartford for sixth term as Norwalk/Darien state senator

Updated, 6:37 a.m., comment from Pete Torrano.

NORWALK, Conn. – State Sen. Bob Duff (D-25) cruised to an easy victory over Republican challenger Bill Dunne Tuesday.

The Democratic Town Committee had Duff on top with 67.6 percent of the vote in its unofficial tally. Duff won in 2012 with 67.4 percent of the vote over Republican Jack Chiaramonte. In 2010, Duff beat Republican Artie Kassimiss with 64.4 percent of the vote.

This will be Duff’s sixth term in that State Senate. He is rumored to be a candidate for Majority Leader.

Duff said he is looking forward to returning to Hartford.

“I told people on the campaign trail that we’re working very hard to turn this state around, to bring jobs, more jobs to this state, to grow our economy, to fix our transportation system, to close our achievement gap and to bring more funding to our education system,” Duff said. “We cannot do that in a vacuum but we all have to work together. So I am just so thrilled and so happy to have that support from the people of my district and to have their support. It is an awesome responsibility. I am so honored to be your state senator.  It is something that I cherish each and every day. I continue to stand up for the people of Norwalk and Darien and this position really is a passion for me, something I continue to want to do each and every day.”

“I think Bill Dunne, in his first attempt at office, did a stellar job and the party could not be more proud of him,” Norwalk Republican Town Committee Chairman Pete Torrano said. “He brought forth some information, some facts, that were not widely known before and it wasn’t enough to sway the voters and that’s fine because that’s the choice of the voters.”