1996Final results
1996 election for Connecticut Senate District 17
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Joe Crisco (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Erik Kuselias (R) by 8.0 points.
Joe CriscoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.0%20,856
Erik KuseliasRepublican
46.0%17,756
38,612 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