1980Final results
1980 election for Connecticut Senate District 17
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Eugene A. Skowronski (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Alyce A. Samuelson (R) by 8.9 points.
Eugene A. SkowronskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.4%20,950
Alyce A. SamuelsonRepublican
45.6%17,529
38,479 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