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2000Final results

2000 election for Connecticut Senate District 17

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Joe Crisco (D) won with 70.4% of the vote, defeating Anthony Defeo (R) by 40.8 points.

Joe CriscoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.4%27,273
Anthony DefeoRepublican
29.6%11,476
38,749 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+15.11994D+8.01996D+24.81998D+40.82000D+54.62006D+30.32008

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