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2002Final results

2002 election for Connecticut Governor

Governor · Connecticut

John Rowland (R) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Bill Curry (D) by 12.2 points.

John RowlandRepublican · winner
56.1%573,958
Bill CurryDemocrat
43.9%448,984
1,022,942 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+16.81990R+3.51994R+27.91998R+12.22002R+28.12006D+0.62010

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET