1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Connecticut election results

Every race on Connecticut's ballot in the 1978 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races194
Changed party23
Unopposed5%10 races
Incumbents defeated16

Governors

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ConnecticutElla T. Grasso (D)18.4

U.S. House

D 5 · R 1 · 1 changed party

Connecticut State Senate

D 26 · R 10 · 6 changed party

Connecticut House of Representatives

D 103 · R 48 · 16 changed party

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Connecticut

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab