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1996Final results

1996 election for Connecticut Senate District 35

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Tony Guglielmo (R) won with 65.8% of the vote, defeating Linda Sumner (D) by 31.7 points.

Tony GuglielmoRepublican · winner · incumbent
65.8%26,028
Linda SumnerDemocrat
34.2%13,501
39,529 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+32.21990R+6.71992R+26.61994R+31.71996R+39.71998R+29.12002

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