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1998Final results

1998 election for Connecticut House District 83

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

James W. Abrams (D) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Rick Kilham (R) by 32.9 points.

James W. AbramsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.5%4,424
Rick KilhamRepublican
33.5%2,233
6,657 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenR+0.91992D+4.11994D+29.11996D+32.91998D+25.02000D+29.42002

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