1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut Senate District 27
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Thom Serrani (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Richard H. G. Cunningham (R) by 7.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Thom SerraniDemocrat · winner
53.6%19,073
Richard H. G. CunninghamRepublican · incumbent
46.4%16,540
35,613 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