Connecticut Secretary of State - Election Services Division

1996 Connecticut Congressional and Statewide Results
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties
President, 42.2% in '92 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 77% Democrat
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (D) 52.83%	ex-U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole (R) 34.69%	businessman H. Ross Perot (Rfm) 10.02%, consumer attorney Ralph Nader (G) 1.75%, businessman Harry Browne (L) 0.42%, Conservative Caucus founder Taxpayers Party nominee Howard Phillips (CC) 0.17%, Dr. John S. Hagelin (NL) 0.12%, James E. Harris, Jr. (SW) 0.00%, Johan Rust (WI) 0.00%
1st Cong. District, 73.4% in '94, D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 6:1 Democrat
Barbara Kennelly (D) 73.8	Kent Sleath (R) 24.9%	'94 nominee John F. Forry III (CC) 0.9%, Daniel A. Wasielesky (NL) 0.5%,
2nd Cong. District, 42.6% in '94, (won by 21 votes out of 186,073 cast) D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 50% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Toss Up, Campaign & Election's Odds: 5:4 Democrat, Politics Now: Toss Up, Hotline: Hotseat
Sam Gejdenson (D) 51.5%	ex-St. Sen. / '92 / '94 nominee Edward W. Munster (R) 45%	restaurant worker Dianne G. Ondusko (I) 2.9%, Thomas E. "Tom" Hall (NL) 0.6%,
3rd Cong. District, 63.4% in '94, D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 5:1 Democrat
Rosa L. DeLauro (D) 72.2%	John Coppola (R) 28.2%	Gail Dalby (NL) 0.5%
4th Cong. District, 74.4% in '94, D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 6:1 Republican
William A. "Bill" Finch (D) 37.5%	Christopher Shays (R) 60.6%	Edward H. "Ed" Tonkin (L) 1.4%, '94 nominee Terry M. Nevas (NL) 0.5%,
5th Cong. District, 52.2% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 50% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 5:4 Republican, Politics Now: Toss Up, Hotline: Hot Seat,
ex-St. Sen. / '94 nominee James H. Maloney (D) 52.1%	Gary Franks (R) 45.9%	'94 / '92 nominee Rosita Rodriguez (CC) 1.4%, Walter F. Thiessen Jr. (L) 0.6%,
6th Cong. District, 63.9% in '94, D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 77% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 7:3 Republican
attorney / professor / '94 nominee Charlotte Koskoff (D) 48.9%	Nancy L. Johnson (R) 49.6%	ex-teacher Timothy A. Knibbs (CC) 1.5%

1. Key to Predictions: Roll Call,
The Cook Political Report,
The Rothenberg Political Report,
Campaign & Election Magazine,
D.C.'s Political Report

2. Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races. Blue boxes indicates winner. Red print indicates change in party control.

3. Key to Party Identification.
(Com) = Communist Party
(CC) = Concerned Citizens Party - Affiliated with the Constitution Party
(Ct) = A Connecticut Party
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Green Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(NL) = Natural Law Party
(Rfm) = Reform Party
(R) = Republican Party
(TL) = Term Limits Party
(WI) = Write-in candidates