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1996Final results

1996 election for Connecticut Senate District 5

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Kevin B. Sullivan (D) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating Geoffrey G. Fisher (R) by 26.5 points.

Kevin B. SullivanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.2%29,909
36.8%17,378
47,287 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+32.21990D+33.91992D+28.61994D+26.51996D+39.61998D+44.42000

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