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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Connecticut House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Connecticut House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 151 seats

After the electionD 83 · R 68
Races151
Changed party20
Unopposed11%16 races
Incumbents defeated13

Every district

D 83 · R 68

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1William A. Dibella (D)50.1
HD-2Arthur A. Brouillet Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-3Paul A. Larosa (D)Unopposed
HD-4Abraham L. Giles (D)63.8
HD-5Robert J. Carragher (D)Unopposed
HD-6Thomas D. Ritter (D)47.5
HD-7Thirman L. Milner (D)Unopposed
HD-8Carrie Saxon Perry (D)Unopposed
HD-9Muriel Yacavone (D)Unopposed
HD-10Timothy J. Moynihan (D)36.3
HD-11Richard Torpey (D)36.2
HD-12Walter H. Joyner (R)7.4
HD-13Elsie L. Swensson (R)7.2Flipped
HD-14John Woodcock (D)10.5
HD-15John T. Pier (D)31.5
HD-16James T. Fleming (R)35.8
HD-17Beatrice K. Murdock (R)18.3
HD-18Joan R. Kemler (D)30.4
HD-19Robert Farr (R)13.9
HD-20Maureen Murphy Baronian (R)13.8
HD-21Dorothy D. Barnes (R)20.1
HD-22Pauline Kezer (R)36.6
HD-23William P. Candelori (D)Unopposed
HD-24Joseph H. Harper (D)18.4
HD-25Raymond M. H. Joyce (D)Unopposed
HD-26Dominick Swieszkowski (D)Unopposed
HD-27Richard J. Balducci (D)24.8
HD-28Robert G. Gilligan (D)17.4
HD-29Richard D. Tulisano (D)11.8
HD-30Peter A. Rosso (D)0.9
HD-31Antonina B. Parker (R)26.9
HD-32John B. Keefe (D)6.5
HD-33Paul Gionfriddo (D)39.3
HD-34Dean Markham (D)17.9
HD-35John N. Demerell (R)20.8
HD-36John J. Tiffany II (R)29.3
HD-37Mark Healey Powers (D)17.9
HD-38Janet Polinsky (D)41.4
HD-39William J. Cibes (D)45.8
HD-40Betsy Burghardt Gibson (D)17.0
HD-41Muriel W. Buckley (R)12.9
HD-42Naomi W. Otterness (D)5.7
HD-43Rufus Allyn (D)7.4
HD-44Richard L. Mercier (D)0.5
HD-45David Anderson (R)10.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-46Thomas F. Sweeney (D)3.3
HD-47Leo H. Flynn (D)17.4
HD-48Joe Broder (R)16.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-49Andrew J. Carey III (D)25.0
HD-50John T. Savage (R)2.5
HD-51Kevin P. Johnston (D)25.2
HD-52Albert Tucker Dolge (R)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-53Michael Helfgott (D)2.3
HD-54Dorothy C. Goodwin (D)26.0
HD-55J. Peter Fusscas (R)5.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-56Chester W. Morgan (D)12.8
HD-57Teresalee Bertinuson (D)17.3
HD-58Frederick A. Gelsi (D)27.7
HD-59William Kiner (D)43.0
HD-60David J. Wenc (D)11.6
HD-61Ruth C. Fahrbach (R)8.1
HD-62Otto C. Neumann (R)10.1
HD-63John G. Groppo (D)Unopposed
HD-64Joseph N. Ruwet (R)14.7
HD-65John A. Miscikoski (D)22.2
HD-66Michael D. Rybak (D)20.2
HD-67Walter J. Conn (R)24.6
HD-68James H. McLaughlin (R)14.7
HD-69Carol A. Herskowitz (R)26.9
HD-70Neal B. Hanlon (R)40.8
HD-71Norma L. Cappelletti (R)32.1Flipped
HD-72Maurice B. Mosley (D)28.7
HD-73John Rowland (R)11.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-74Thomas P. Brunnock (D)5.8
HD-75William J. Sculley Jr. (D)16.9
HD-76Arnold Wellman Jr. (D)34.0
HD-77Gardner E. Wright Jr. (D)14.9
HD-78Edward C. Krawiecki Jr. (R)40.9
HD-79Gordon F. Strunk (R)7.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-80Eugene A. Migliaro Jr. (R)19.3
HD-81Gerald P. Crean Jr. (D)0.7
HD-82Robert C. Sorensen (D)8.0
HD-83John J. Zajac Jr. (R)18.0
HD-84Benjamin N. Dezinno Jr. (D)24.0
HD-85Mary Mushinsky (D)13.5
HD-86Dorothy McCluskey (D)12.2
HD-87Paul D. Abercrombie (R)20.0
HD-88Howard L. Luppi (R)18.7Flipped
HD-89David O. Thorp (R)23.1
HD-90Kenneth R. Tripp (R)24.9
HD-91Ronald Smoko (D)0.9
HD-92Rosalind Berman (R)24.8
HD-93Irving Stolberg (D)59.7
HD-94William Dyson (D)73.2
HD-95Walter S. Brooks (D)60.6
HD-96Martin Looney (D)41.6
HD-97Alfred J. Onorato (D)3.3
HD-98Geil Orcutt (D)19.2
HD-99Paul Karbowski (R)8.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-100David Lavine (D)2.2
HD-101Linda N. Emmons (R)51.7
HD-102Joseph J. Farricielli (D)11.6
HD-103Peter M. Lerner (R)3.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-104Silvio A. Mastrianni (D)23.4
HD-105Warren G. Sarasin (R)32.4
HD-106Mae S. Schmidle (R)45.8Flipped
HD-107David W. Smith (R)30.3
HD-108Martin J. Smith Jr. (R)14.7
HD-109Joseph Walkovich (D)16.5
HD-110Paul J. Garavel (D)17.1
HD-111Elizabeth M. Leonard (R)Unopposed
HD-112Adele Kusnitz (R)11.6Flipped
HD-113Richard O. Belden (R)45.6
HD-114Alan Schlesinger (R)11.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-115Alexander F. Zarnowski (R)0.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-116Borden P. Steeves (R)5.4Flipped
HD-117William H. Hofmeiser (R)27.9
HD-118Timothy J. Casey (R)35.3
HD-119Gerard B. Patton (R)12.0
HD-120J. Vincent Chase (R)12.0
HD-121Robert F. Frankel (D)12.2
HD-122Robert G. Jaekle (R)27.9
HD-123Morag L. Vance (R)44.0
HD-124Casey Daly (R)2.1Flipped
HD-125Catherine Parker (D)43.9
HD-126Vincent A. Roberti (D)17.0
HD-127Ferdinando Delpercio (D)26.1
HD-128Anthony R. Innacell (D)8.1
HD-129Thomas K. Coble (D)69.7
HD-130Frances A. Freer (R)4.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-131John H. Murphy (D)30.5
HD-132John R. Quinn (D)9.8
HD-133Elinor F. Wilber (R)29.0
HD-134Christine M. Niedermeier (D)10.5
HD-135Alice V. Meyer (R)Unopposed
HD-136Julie D. Belaga (R)53.2
HD-137Frank Esposito Jr. (R)7.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-138Lawrence J. Anastasia Jr. (D)0.1
HD-139Jacob P. Rudolf (R)8.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-140John Atkin (D)5.4
HD-141Ralph E. Vannorstrand (R)Unopposed
HD-142John F. Mannix (R)Unopposed
HD-143Yorke Allen Jr. (R)39.0
HD-144John Wayne Fox (D)6.3
HD-145Anthony D. Truglia (D)Unopposed
HD-146Moira K. Lyons (D)14.7
HD-147Christopher Shays (R)Unopposed
HD-148Ernest N. Abate (D)12.6
HD-149Everett Smith Jr. (R)43.6
HD-150Dorothy K. Osler (R)38.3
HD-151Emil Benvenuto (R)36.8

Connecticut House of Representatives

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