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2000Final results

2000 election for Connecticut Senate District 20

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Melodie Peters (D) won with 68.3% of the vote, defeating G. Brian Vachris (R) by 36.5 points.

Melodie PetersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.3%25,835
31.7%12,014
37,849 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+16.21994D+11.71996D+13.01998D+36.52000D+23.32002D+22.62004

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