1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Connecticut House District 43
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Rufus Allyn (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Howard E. Crouch (R) by 8.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Rufus AllynDemocrat · winner
54.1%3,831
Howard E. CrouchRepublican · incumbent
45.9%3,252
7,083 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET