1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Connecticut Senate District 4
Connecticut State Senate · Connecticut
Carl A. Zinsser (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Abraham Glassman (D) by 0.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Carl A. ZinsserRepublican · winner
50.1%23,234
Abraham GlassmanDemocrat
49.9%23,154
46,388 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