1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut House District 79
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Gordon F. Strunk (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Andrew R. Grande (D) by 7.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gordon F. StrunkRepublican · winner
53.9%4,330
Andrew R. GrandeDemocrat · incumbent
46.1%3,703
8,033 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