1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut House District 139
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Jacob P. Rudolf (R) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating John F. McGuirk (D) by 8.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jacob P. RudolfRepublican · winner
54.4%4,116
John F. McGuirkDemocrat · incumbent
45.6%3,456
7,572 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