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2012Final results

2012 election for Connecticut House District 61

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Elaine Obrien (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Tami Zawistowski (R) by 4.5 points.

Elaine ObrienDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.2%5,754
47.8%5,263
11,017 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+2.82006D+5.72008D+16.72010D+4.52012R+23.62014R+29.22016

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