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1998Final results

1998 election for Connecticut Senate District 20

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Melodie Peters (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Robert M. Pero (R) by 13.0 points.

Melodie PetersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.5%16,140
Robert M. PeroRepublican
43.5%12,414
28,554 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+14.81992D+16.21994D+11.71996D+13.01998D+36.52000D+23.32002

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