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1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1984 election for Connecticut House District 148

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Richard H. G. Cunningham (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Paul A. Esposito (D) by 7.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Richard H. G. CunninghamRepublican · winner
53.7%4,538
Paul A. EspositoDemocrat · incumbent
46.3%3,907
8,445 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+40.41978D+12.61980D+14.71982R+7.51984D+7.41986D+10.61988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET