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1990Final results

1990 election for Connecticut Senate District 18

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Steven Spellman (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Cathy Welles Cook (R) by 4.1 points.

Steven SpellmanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.0%12,901
48.0%11,885
24,786 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+14.51984D+7.41986D+15.81988D+4.11990R+5.31992R+39.61994

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