1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Connecticut Senate District 30
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
M. Adela Eads (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Joseph A. Ruggiero (D) by 5.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
M. Adela EadsRepublican · winner
52.7%22,902
Joseph A. RuggieroDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%20,590
43,492 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