1990 Connecticut gubernatorial election
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The 1990 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990, to elect the governor of Connecticut. It was a three-way race for a seat left open when Governor William A. O'Neill declined to run for re-election. A Connecticut Party nominee Lowell Weicker narrowly won the election, becoming the first candidate who was not a member of one of the two major parties to win a gubernatorial election since the 1974 election in Maine.[2]
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November 6, 1990
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| Turnout | 68.2%[1]  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weicker: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Rowland: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Morrison: 30–40% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
- William J. Cibes, state representative from the 39th district.
Convention
| Democratic convention, July 14[3] | ||||
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| Candidate | Round 1 | |||
| Votes | % | |||
| Bruce A. Morrison | 992 | 68.60% | ||
| William J. Cibes Jr. | 454 | 31.40% | ||
| Inactive Ballots | 3 ballots | |||
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Bruce Morrison | 84,771 | 64.68% | |
| Democratic | William J. Cibes Jr. | 46,294 | 35.32% | |
| Total votes | 131,065 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- John G. Rowland, U.S. Representative from Connecticut's 5th congressional district.
Withdrew
- Reginald J. Smith, Senate minority leader from the 8th Senate district.[4] (endorsed Weicker)
- Joel Schiavone, New Haven businessman (later became Comptroller nominee)
General election
Candidates
- Bruce Morrison, U.S. Representative from the 3rd congressional district (Democratic)
- John G. Rowland, U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district (Republican)
- Lowell Weicker, former Republican U.S. Senator (A Connecticut Party)
- Joseph Zdonczyk (Concerned Citizens)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| A Connecticut Party | Lowell Weicker | 460,576 | 40.36% | ||
| Republican | John G. Rowland | 427,840 | 37.49% | ||
| Democratic | Bruce Morrison | 236,641 | 20.74% | ||
| Concerned Citizens | Joseph Zdonczyk | 16,044 | 1.41% | ||
| Write-in | 21 | 0.00% | |||
| Total votes | 1,141,122 | 100.00% | |||
| A Connecticut Party gain from Democratic | |||||