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2008Final results

2008 election for Connecticut House District 83

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Catherine Abercrombie (D) won with 67.8% of the vote, defeating Kevin Scarpati (R) by 35.7 points.

Catherine AbercrombieDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.8%6,928
Kevin ScarpatiRepublican
32.2%3,285
10,213 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

EvenD+25.02000D+29.42002D+41.72006D+35.72008D+27.82012D+12.22014

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