1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Connecticut House District 130
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
David J. Sullivan Jr. (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Lawrence J. Merly (D) by 15.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
David J. Sullivan Jr.Republican · winner
57.9%2,169
Lawrence J. MerlyDemocrat · incumbent
42.1%1,578
3,747 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)