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1988Final results

1988 election for Connecticut Senate District 20

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Mark Healey Powers (D) won with 57.2% of the vote, defeating Dorothy B. Leib (R) by 14.4 points.

Mark Healey PowersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.2%22,154
Dorothy B. LeibRepublican
42.8%16,581
38,735 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

EvenD+20.61982R+2.11984D+13.61986D+14.41988R+36.31990D+14.81992

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