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1996Final results

1996 election for Connecticut Senate District 31

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Tom Colapietro (D) won with 63.3% of the vote, defeating Dick Clark (R) by 28.4 points.

Tom ColapietroDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.3%21,899
Dick ClarkRepublican
34.9%12,061
Renee A. EzbickiConstitution
1.8%626
34,586 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+10.61990D+6.81992D+30.61994D+28.41996D+38.01998D+46.62000

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

The candidates

Tom Colapietro (D)Dick Clark (R)

Also on the ballot: Renee A. Ezbicki (Constitution), 1.8%