1987 Connecticut's 4th congressional district special election

See also: 1987 United States House of Representatives elections

1987 Connecticut's 4th congressional district special election
August 18, 1987
Turnout33.7%[1]
 
Nominee Chris Shays Christine M. Niedermeier
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 50,518 37,293
Percentage 57.17% 42.21%
U.S. Representative before election

Stewart McKinney
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Chris Shays
Republican

A special election was held on August 18, 1987 to determine the next member of the United States House of Representatives for Connecticut's 4th congressional district. The election was held to complete the unexpired term of Stewart McKinney, who died on May 7, 1987.

Chris Shays, a State Representative from Stamford, beat Democratic opponent Christine M. Niedermeier, the nominee for this district in 1986 and a former State Representative from Fairfield.

Shays would go on to represent the district until eventually losing to Jim Himes in 2008.

Results

Connecticut's Fourth Congressional District special election, 1987[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Shays 50,518 57.17%
Democratic Christine M. Niedermeier 37,293 42.21%
War Against AIDS Nicholas J. Tarzia 524 0.59%
Write-in 28 0.03%
Total votes 88,363 100.00%
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "Voter turnout higher than expected". Record-Journal. August 20, 1987.
  2. ^ "Special election - Vote for Representative in Congress, August 18, 1987 - Fourth Congressional district". Connecticut Secretary of State.
  3. ^ "Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1988". Connecticut State Library.
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