1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Connecticut House District 55
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Aloysius J. Ahearn (D) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Dorothy R. Miller (R) by 7.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Aloysius J. AhearnDemocrat · winner
53.8%4,638
Dorothy R. MillerRepublican · incumbent
46.2%3,985
8,623 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET