1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Connecticut Senate District 22
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Howard Owens (D) won with 64.0% of the vote, defeating Richard S. Scalo (R) by 28.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Howard OwensDemocrat · winner
64.0%17,151
Richard S. ScaloRepublican · incumbent
36.0%9,632
26,783 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