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| Turnout | 68.2%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County results Municipality results Congressional district resultsWeicker: 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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The1990 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990, to elect thegovernor of Connecticut. It was a three-way race for a seat left open when GovernorWilliam 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 twomajor parties to win a gubernatorial election sincethe 1974 election inMaine.[2]
| 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 Partygain fromDemocratic | |||||
