1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut Senate District 14
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Thomas Scott (R) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating John D. Prete (D) by 10.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Thomas ScottRepublican · winner
55.4%21,809
John D. PreteDemocrat · incumbent
44.6%17,564
39,373 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