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2000 election for Connecticut Senate District 15
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Joan Hartley (D) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Michael J. McDonald (R) by 27.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joan HartleyDemocrat · winner
63.6%19,190
Michael J. McDonaldRepublican
36.4%10,962
30,152 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