1976Final results
1976 election for Connecticut Senate District 8
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Lewis B. Rome (R) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Allan Rouse (D) by 26.8 points.
Lewis B. RomeRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.0%28,420
Allan RouseDemocrat
36.2%16,341
David TruskoffIndependent
0.9%384
45,145 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