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2008Final results

2008 election for Connecticut House District 138

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Janice R. Giegler (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating William R. Melillo (D) by 5.0 points.

Janice R. GieglerRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.5%4,161
47.5%3,764
7,925 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+0.32002R+21.92004R+10.62006R+5.02008R+28.12014R+8.02016

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