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1988Final results

1988 election for Connecticut Senate District 9

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

A. Cynthia Matthews (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Dominic Mazzoccoli (R) by 8.1 points.

A. Cynthia MatthewsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.0%24,772
46.0%21,070
45,842 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+8.61982R+1.71984D+12.31986D+8.11988D+17.01990R+26.31992

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