1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut House District 48
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Joe Broder (R) won with 58.1% of the vote, defeating Martin M. Masters (D) by 16.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe BroderRepublican · winner
58.1%6,003
Martin M. MastersDemocrat · incumbent
41.9%4,324
10,327 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