2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Connecticut House District 8
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Tim Ackert (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Joan A. Lewis (D) by 9.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tim AckertRepublican · winner
54.5%5,469
Joan A. LewisDemocrat · incumbent
45.5%4,559
10,028 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET