1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Connecticut Senate District 22
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Howard Owens (D) won with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Angelina Lee Scarpetti (R) by 14.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Howard OwensDemocrat · winner
57.5%15,608
Angelina Lee ScarpettiRepublican · incumbent
42.5%11,556
27,164 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET