1980Final results
1980 election for Connecticut House District 98
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Geil Orcutt (D) won with 59.6% of the vote, defeating Robert Barnabei (R) by 19.2 points.
Geil OrcuttDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.6%4,351
Robert BarnabeiRepublican
40.4%2,951
7,302 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