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1978Final results

1978 election for Connecticut House District 4

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Abraham L. Giles (D) won with 61.7% of the vote, defeating Jacqueline Jonesanderson (R) by 23.4 points.

Abraham L. GilesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.7%1,037
38.3%644
1,681 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+56.61972D+68.51974D+56.41976D+23.41978D+63.81980D+53.31982

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET