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1996Final results

1996 election for Connecticut House District 36

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Claire Sauer (D) won with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Judy Ganswindt (R) by 24.6 points.

Claire SauerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.3%6,956
Judy GanswindtRepublican
37.7%4,208
11,164 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

EvenR+10.71988R+4.91992D+41.71994D+24.61996D+6.41998D+7.52000

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