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1986 election for Connecticut House District 148

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

George Jepsen (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Marie J. Hawe (R) by 7.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

George JepsenDemocrat · winner
53.7%2,779
Marie J. HaweRepublican
46.3%2,394
5,173 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+12.61980D+14.71982R+7.51984D+7.41986D+10.61988D+10.51992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET