1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Connecticut House District 20
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
John Ritter (D) won with 60.7% of the vote, defeating Allen Hoffman (R) by 21.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John RitterDemocrat · winner
60.7%6,387
Allen HoffmanRepublican · incumbent
39.3%4,138
10,525 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET