1998Final results
1998 election for Connecticut Senate District 18
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Cathy Welles Cook (R) won with 61.2% of the vote, defeating Rita Schmidt (D) by 22.4 points.
Cathy Welles CookRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.2%13,556
Rita SchmidtDemocrat
38.8%8,590
22,146 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET