West Hartford's Slap Wins Special Election For State Senate Seat

WEST HARTFORD, CT — State Representative Derek Slap, D-19, has won the special election for the 5th District State Senate seat on Tuesday. Slap, of West Hartford, will replace Beth Bye, who resigned from the seat after winning re-election this past November to join Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration.

Slap defeated a field that included three other candidates on the ballot — Republican Bill Wadsworth, of Farmington, Jeffrey Przech, also of Farmington, who was endorsed by the Independent Party, and Petitioning Candidate Mark Stewart Greenstein, of West Hartford.

According to unofficial numbers from the West Hartford Democratic Town Committee, Slap received nearly 64 percent of the vote.

Another special election will be held to fill Slap's state representative seat in the 19th District.