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1998Final results

1998 election for Connecticut Senate District 17

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Joe Crisco (D) won with 62.4% of the vote, defeating Nancy Valentine (R) by 24.8 points.

Joe CriscoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.4%18,065
Nancy ValentineRepublican
37.6%10,891
28,956 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

EvenD+10.91992D+15.11994D+8.01996D+24.81998D+40.82000D+54.62006

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