1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Connecticut House District 117
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Raymond Collins (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Arthur C. Gilbert (D) by 1.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Raymond CollinsRepublican · winner
50.6%5,230
Arthur C. GilbertDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%5,115
10,345 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET