1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut House District 45
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
David Anderson (R) won with 55.2% of the vote, defeating Dorothy Faulise (D) by 10.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
David AndersonRepublican · winner
55.2%5,062
Dorothy FauliseDemocrat · incumbent
44.8%4,116
9,178 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