1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 election for Connecticut House District 45

Name: 1974 election for Connecticut House District 45
Start: 1974-11-04
Location: Connecticut

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Dorothy Faulise (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Grant B. Apthorp (R) by 8.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Dorothy FauliseDemocrat · winner

54.1%3,883

Grant B. ApthorpRepublican · incumbent

45.9%3,300

7,183 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

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