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1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 election for Connecticut Senate District 22

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Angelina Lee Scarpetti (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Howard Owens (D) by 3.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Angelina Lee ScarpettiRepublican · winner
51.1%19,007
Howard OwensDemocrat · incumbent
48.0%17,858
Fred BradfordIndependent
0.9%321
37,186 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+14.01982R+0.81984D+14.91986R+3.11988R+12.61990R+23.01992

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

The candidates

Angelina Lee Scarpetti (R)Howard Owens (D)

Also on the ballot: Fred Bradford (Independent), 0.9%