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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Connecticut State Senate election results, district by district

Every Connecticut State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 36 seats

After the electionD 13 · R 23
Races36
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 13 · R 23

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Joseph J. Fauliso (D)36.8
SD-2Wilber G. Smith (D)41.0
SD-3Harry S. Burke (D)9.7
SD-4David O. Odegard (R)13.2
SD-5Nicholas A. Lenge (R)5.3Incumbent lost
SD-6John V. Zisk Jr. (D)21.4
SD-7Charles T. Alfano (D)18.5
SD-8Lewis B. Rome (R)22.4
SD-9Ruth O. Truex (R)16.8
SD-10Joseph I. Lieberman (D)26.2
SD-11Anthony Ciarlone (D)9.6
SD-12Stanley H. Page (R)24.3
SD-13John Zajac (R)9.2
SD-14Winthrop S. Smith (R)7.5
SD-15Louis S. Cutillo (D)6.5
SD-16William Sullivan (D)10.7
SD-17William Powanda Jr. (R)8.6Incumbent lost
SD-18Samuel B. Hellier (R)29.1
SD-19James J. Murphy (D)4.9
SD-20Peter L. Cashman (R)26.8
SD-21George L. Gunther (R)39.8
SD-22Richard S. Scalo (R)12.9
SD-23J. Edward Caldwell (D)21.3
SD-24Romeo G. Petroni (R)24.0
SD-25William J. Lyons Jr. (R)24.2
SD-26George C. Guidera (R)37.0
SD-27William E. Strada (D)11.8
SD-28Joseph T. Gormley (R)30.5
SD-29Louise S. Berry (R)0.4
SD-30P. Edmund Power (R)19.5
SD-31Joseph J. Dinielli (D)3.9
SD-32Richard C. Bozzuto (R)29.9
SD-33Philip N. Costello Jr. (R)13.1
SD-34Lawrence J. Denardis (R)25.6
SD-35Thomas G. Carruthers (R)4.4
SD-36Florence D. Finney (R)33.5

Connecticut State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner