1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Connecticut House District 120
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
August A. Palmer III (R) won with 61.3% of the vote, defeating Michael Turiano (D) by 22.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
August A. Palmer IIIRepublican · winner
61.3%5,434
Michael TurianoDemocrat · incumbent
38.7%3,429
8,863 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET