2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2000 election for Connecticut House District 79
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Kosta Diamantis (D) won with 69.8% of the vote, defeating Derek R. Jerome (R) by 39.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Kosta DiamantisDemocrat · winner
69.8%4,951
Derek R. JeromeRepublican
30.2%2,144
7,095 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET