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1996Final results

1996 election for Connecticut House District 5

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Marie Lopez Kirkleybey (D) won with 89.2% of the vote, defeating Cornell Lewis (Ind) by 78.4 points.

Marie Lopez KirkleybeyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
89.2%2,394
Cornell LewisIndependent
10.8%290
2,684 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

EvenD+48.81978D+61.61982D+41.91984D+55.31988D+82.12002D+67.02012

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