1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut House District 52
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Albert Tucker Dolge (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating John D. Mordasky (D) by 2.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Albert Tucker DolgeRepublican · winner
51.1%5,483
John D. MordaskyDemocrat · incumbent
48.9%5,240
10,723 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