1990 Connecticut gubernatorial election
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.
Republican primary
Candidates
Republican nominee
Withdrew
- Reginald J. Smith, Senate minority leader from Connecticut's 8th Senate district. ''''
General election
Candidates
- Bruce Morrison, U.S. Representative from Centerville
- John G. Rowland, U.S. Representative from Waterbury
- Lowell Weicker, former Republican U.S. Senator
- Joseph Zdonczyk