Headed back to Hartford: Reelected State Rep. Al Paolillo Jr. (at right) with Sara Amata at Portofino's after the polls closed. The biggest not-surprise Tuesday night: Democrats captured all New Haven’s state representative seats in the election. As they have for decades.Three incumbents faced GOP opponents Tuesday: All three crushed them.Pat Dillon captured 87.37 percent of the in-person and early votes against Republican Morris Sumpter’s 12.34 percent in the 92nd District; Roland Lemar crushed Republican/Independent Andrea Zola 86.82 percent to 13.10 percent based on the machine and early voting in the 96th District; Alphonse Paolillo Jr. beat Republican Anthony Acri 74.19 percent to 25.72 percent in the 97th District. (We are estimating that absentee ballots cannot make up the difference.)Meanwhile, Steve Winter beat nobody — i.e., he had no opponent — to become new 94th District state representative. Juan Candelaria similarly won reelection in the 96th District with no opponent, as did Toni Walker in the 93rd District.Early results showed the city’s two state senators, Democrats Martin Looney and Gary Winfield, also cruising to overwhelming reelection victories.GOP Town Chair Johns Carlson called the results ​“disappointing,” while vowing to ​“continue our work to bring democracy back to city.”At a Democratic Party gathering at Portofino’s restaurant on State Street, Paolillo congratulated Acri for ​“running and clean and fair campaign.” He said he hopes Acri ​“continues to stay involved in the community.”He said his top priorities for the coming two-year term include ​“inviting in youth” by bringing more federal pandemic-relief money, PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) , other education dollars to the city. He emphasized new haven reps’ work as a delegation; he said they’ll continue to focus on reducing gun violence through programs like New Haven’s Project Longevity.“Many families” he spoke with while knocking on doors this campaign” are very concerned with education, cost of living, and housing,” Paolillo said. “I spent most of the day at the polls throughout the 96th, and I can say with certainty that our residents want us to tackle housing affordability, educational funding for our public schools and community colleges and continue our investments in remaking our local transportation,” Lemar told the Independent. ​“I am excited to get back to work.” Pat Dillon said she will focus on ​“strengthening our economy and quality of life here in partnership in the state.” (Read more about that here.)