1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Connecticut House District 70
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Neal B. Hanlon (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Bernard L. Avcollie (D) by 6.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Neal B. HanlonRepublican · winner
53.4%4,353
Bernard L. AvcollieDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%3,799
8,152 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