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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Connecticut State Senate election results, district by district

Every Connecticut State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 36 seats

After the electionD 26 · R 10
Races36
Changed party6
Unopposed3%1 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 26 · R 10

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Joseph J. Fauliso (D)48.4
SD-2Sanford Cloud Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-3Marcella C. Fahey (D)20.2
SD-4David M. Barry (D)27.2
SD-5Clifton A. Leonhardt (D)6.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-6Nancy Johnson (R)12.6
SD-7Cornelius Oleary (D)38.4
SD-8Russell L. Post (R)3.9
SD-9William E. Curry Jr. (D)8.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-10Joseph I. Lieberman (D)50.9
SD-11Anthony Ciarlone (D)40.7
SD-12Regina R. Smith (D)1.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-13Amelia P. Mustone (D)24.1
SD-14John D. Prete (D)2.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-15Louis S. Cutillo (D)15.0
SD-16William Sullivan (D)19.7
SD-17Eugene A. Skowronski (D)18.1
SD-18Mary A. Martin (D)17.4
SD-19James J. Murphy (D)24.9
SD-20Richard F. Schneller (D)31.8
SD-21George L. Gunther (R)26.3
SD-22Howard Owens (D)23.6
SD-23Salvatore C. Depiano (D)35.4
SD-24Wayne A. Baker (D)23.8
SD-25Alfred Santaniello Jr. (R)6.3
SD-26John G. Matthews (R)36.1
SD-27Richard H. G. Cunningham (R)6.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-28Myron R. Ballen (R)5.0
SD-29Audrey P. Beck (D)42.6
SD-30Joseph A. Ruggiero (D)3.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-31Steven C. Casey (D)26.2
SD-32Richard C. Bozzuto (R)8.2
SD-33Frederick Knous (D)2.7
SD-34Lawrence J. Denardis (R)8.1
SD-35Michael J. Skelley (D)16.4
SD-36Michael L. Morano (R)13.6

Connecticut State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner