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Elections / 1986 · Governor · CT

Bill O'Neill won Connecticut's 1986 governor's race.

Bill O'Neill (Democrat) led by 16.8 points statewide.

Statewide result
Connecticut 1986 governor — certified statewide results.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill O'NeillDDemocratic575,63857.9%
Julie BelagaRRepublican408,48941.1%

Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era.

presidential baselinePresident 1984R+21.9Governor 1986D+17.0vs. baselineD+38.9

Connecticut's 1986 governor race ran 38.9 points more Democratic than its 1984 presidential margin.

Same ballot, 1986CT