1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Connecticut Senate District 4
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Mary Ann Handley (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Paul R. Munns (R) by 0.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mary Ann HandleyDemocrat · winner
50.1%21,846
Paul R. MunnsRepublican · incumbent
49.9%21,754
43,600 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