1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut House District 73
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
John Rowland (R) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Natalie Rapoport (D) by 11.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John RowlandRepublican · winner
55.6%4,839
Natalie RapoportDemocrat · incumbent
44.4%3,872
8,711 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