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2010 election for Connecticut Governor

Governor · Connecticut

Dan Malloy (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Tom C. Foley (R) by 0.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Dan MalloyDemocrat · winner
50.3%567,278
Tom C. FoleyRepublican
49.7%560,874
1,128,152 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 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+27.91998R+12.22002R+28.12006D+0.62010D+2.62014D+3.22018

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