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1996Final results

1996 election for Connecticut House District 73

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Joan Hartley (D) won with 67.8% of the vote, defeating Michael J. Cofrancesco (R) by 35.5 points.

Joan HartleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.8%5,621
32.2%2,675
8,296 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+9.11990D+29.61992D+21.71994D+35.51996D+28.61998D+21.52000

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