1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Connecticut Senate District 6
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Nancy Johnson (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Paul S. Amenta (D) by 0.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Nancy JohnsonRepublican · winner
50.3%15,084
Paul S. AmentaDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%14,932
30,016 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