Tom Scott, who ran as an independent, came in fourth with 11%. Because Groark failed to gain 20% of the vote to retain major party status for the ACP, its influence ended in Connecticut politics. Some Democrats, Curry among them, blamed Groark for siphoning votes from Curry and throwing the election to Rowland. Conversely, Jonathan Pelto, a former political director of the Connecticut Democratic Party, believed had Scott not been on the ballot, Rowland would have won in a landslide. Personal life Groark died in Bloomfield, Connecticut, on May 8, 2018. She was survived by her husband, Thomas Groark, a prominent Hartford-based attorney to whom she had been married for 54 years. Other survivors included their three daughters: Eunice, Marie, and Virginia. See also List of female lieutenant governors in the United States References External links 1938 births 2018 deaths Bryn Mawr College alumni University of Connecticut School of Law alumni Connecticut city council members Connecticut Republicans Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut Politicians from Hartford, Connecticut Women city councillors in Connecticut 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians Candidates in the 1994 United States elections A Connecticut Party politicians 21st-century American women