1980Final results
1980 election for Connecticut House District 140
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
John Atkin (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Samuel N. Cioffi (R) by 5.4 points.
John AtkinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.5%3,219
Samuel N. CioffiRepublican
47.1%2,890
Rollo J. GianniniConstitution
0.4%25
6,134 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