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2000Final results

2000 election for Connecticut House District 85

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Mary Mushinsky (D) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Jerry Farrell Jr. (R) by 14.6 points.

Mary MushinskyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.3%5,560
42.7%4,145
9,705 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

EvenD+28.21994D+33.11996D+37.81998D+14.62000D+26.02008D+9.92010

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