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1990Final results

1990 election for Connecticut House District 56

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Joe Courtney (D) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Lynne A. Galipeau (R) by 23.5 points.

Joe CourtneyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.8%4,286
38.2%2,654
6,940 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenR+8.11984D+8.91986D+28.11988D+23.51990D+20.81992D+10.81994

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