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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Connecticut State Senate election results, district by district

Every Connecticut State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 36 seats

After the electionD 23 · R 13
Races36
Changed party5
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 23 · R 13

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Joseph J. Fauliso (D)52.1
SD-2Wilber G. Smith (D)62.8
SD-3Marcella C. Fahey (D)31.0
SD-4Carl A. Zinsser (R)0.2Flipped
SD-5Clifton A. Leonhardt (D)0.2
SD-6Nancy Johnson (R)31.4
SD-7Cornelius Oleary (D)24.5
SD-8Russell L. Post (R)18.8
SD-9William E. Curry Jr. (D)1.2
SD-10John C. Daniels (D)35.5
SD-11Anthony Ciarlone (D)28.1
SD-12Regina R. Smith (D)1.7
SD-13Amelia P. Mustone (D)20.6
SD-14Thomas Scott (R)10.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-15Gerald Labriola (R)12.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-16William Sullivan (D)13.1
SD-17Eugene A. Skowronski (D)8.9
SD-18Mary A. Martin (D)17.7
SD-19James J. Murphy (D)16.5
SD-20Richard F. Schneller (D)12.1
SD-21George L. Gunther (R)27.4
SD-22Howard Owens (D)10.0
SD-23Margaret E. Morton (D)30.4
SD-24Wayne A. Baker (D)2.1
SD-25Alfred Santaniello Jr. (R)29.6
SD-26John G. Matthews (R)46.6
SD-27Thom Serrani (D)7.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-28Myron R. Ballen (R)18.2
SD-29Audrey P. Beck (D)22.8
SD-30M. Adela Eads (R)5.3FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-31Steven C. Casey (D)26.4
SD-32William F. Rogers III (R)26.3
SD-33Frederick Knous (D)1.2
SD-34Philip S. Robertson (R)20.8
SD-35Michael J. Skelley (D)7.0
SD-36Michael L. Morano (R)31.0

Connecticut State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner