1996Final results
1996 election for Connecticut Senate District 18
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Cathy Welles Cook (R) won with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Jeff Slate (D) by 15.0 points.
Cathy Welles CookRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.5%17,649
Jeff SlateDemocrat
42.5%13,050
30,699 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