1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Connecticut House District 22
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Joseph Pugliese (R) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating Donald Saintpierre (D) by 0.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joseph PuglieseRepublican · winner
50.0%4,428
Donald SaintpierreDemocrat · incumbent
50.0%4,424
8,852 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