1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut House District 55
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
J. Peter Fusscas (R) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Aloysius J. Ahearn (D) by 5.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
J. Peter FusscasRepublican · winner
52.9%6,288
Aloysius J. AhearnDemocrat · incumbent
47.1%5,609
11,897 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