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1998Final results

1998 election for Connecticut Senate District 27

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

George Jepsen (D) won with 66.8% of the vote, defeating Joseph C. Valdes (R) by 33.5 points.

George JepsenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.8%13,071
33.2%6,509
19,580 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+8.21992D+21.61994D+27.91996D+33.51998D+33.42000D+6.02002

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