1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Connecticut Senate District 30
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
John A. Gawrych (R) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Harold D. Hansen (D) by 8.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John A. GawrychRepublican · winner
54.4%22,995
Harold D. HansenDemocrat · incumbent
45.6%19,272
42,267 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