1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for Connecticut Senate District 18
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Donald Schoolcraft (R) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Timothy D. Bates (D) by 14.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Donald SchoolcraftRepublican · winner
57.3%19,333
Timothy D. BatesDemocrat
42.7%14,427
33,760 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