1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Connecticut Senate District 16
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Joe Markley (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating William Sullivan (D) by 5.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe MarkleyRepublican · winner
52.5%18,708
William SullivanDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%16,909
35,617 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET