1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Connecticut House District 91
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Ronald Smoko (D) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Leonard Caplan (R) by 27.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ronald SmokoDemocrat · winner
63.6%4,848
Leonard CaplanRepublican · incumbent
36.4%2,780
7,628 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