1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut House District 103
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Peter M. Lerner (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating John P. Sponheimer (D) by 3.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Peter M. LernerRepublican · winner
51.6%4,972
John P. SponheimerDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%4,668
9,640 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET