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2008Final results

2008 election for Connecticut Senate District 17

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

Joe Crisco (D) won with 65.2% of the vote, defeating Tamath K. Rossi (R) by 30.3 points.

Joe CriscoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.2%25,553
Tamath K. RossiRepublican
34.8%13,659
39,212 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+24.81998D+40.82000D+54.62006D+30.32008D+15.12010D+42.32012

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