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1970Final results

1970 election for Connecticut Senate District 16

Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut

William Sullivan (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Anthony G. Fiore (R) by 23.7 points.

William SullivanDemocrat · winner
54.6%14,127
30.9%7,990
14.5%3,745
25,862 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

Races before and after

EvenD+10.71972D+32.81974D+11.81976D+19.71978D+13.11980D+23.01982

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET