1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Connecticut House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Connecticut House of Representatives district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 151 seats

After the electionD 92 · R 59
Races151
Changed party30
Unopposed15%22 races
Incumbents defeated23

Every district

D 92 · R 59

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Eric D. Coleman (D)Unopposed
HD-2Thomas D. Ritter (D)Unopposed
HD-3Arthur A. Brouillet Jr. (D)67.6
HD-4John Fonfara (D)62.9
HD-5Anthony J. Palermino (D)Unopposed
HD-6Abraham L. Giles (D)76.0
HD-7Carrie Saxon Perry (D)Unopposed
HD-8Edith G. Prague (D)34.1
HD-9Donald Bates (D)6.5
HD-10Timothy J. Moynihan (D)51.9
HD-11Richard Torpey (D)42.6
HD-12James R. McCavanagh (D)32.8
HD-13John W. Thompson (D)18.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-14John Woodcock (D)14.3
HD-15Naomi K. Cohen (D)Unopposed
HD-16James T. Fleming (R)26.8
HD-17Beatrice K. Murdock (R)26.5
HD-18Miles Rapoport (D)16.6
HD-19Robert Farr (R)0.1
HD-20Richard T. Mulready (D)5.6Flipped
HD-21William L. Wollenberg (R)18.8
HD-22Eugene J. Millerick (D)9.9Flipped
HD-23Joseph S. Raia (D)92.3
HD-24Irene B. Favreau (D)Unopposed
HD-25Raymond M. H. Joyce (D)Unopposed
HD-26Stanley J. Krawiec (D)38.0
HD-27Richard J. Balducci (D)29.0
HD-28Robert G. Gilligan (D)Unopposed
HD-29Richard D. Tulisano (D)Unopposed
HD-30Ann Dandrow (R)0.5
HD-31Robert D. Bowden (R)19.2
HD-32Vincent C. Mazzotta (D)22.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-33Paul Gionfriddo (D)40.6
HD-34Dean Markham (D)Unopposed
HD-35Sidney J. Holbrook (R)Unopposed
HD-36John J. Tiffany II (R)17.6
HD-37John T. Hoye (D)2.5
HD-38Janet Polinsky (D)47.1
HD-39William J. Cibes (D)52.0
HD-40Jay B. Levin (D)17.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-41Muriel W. Buckley (R)2.1
HD-42Glenn Arthur (R)16.3
HD-43Frank Turek (R)20.8
HD-44Richard A. Gosselin (D)20.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-45David Anderson (R)0.7
HD-46Peter A. Nystrom (R)2.4
HD-47Shaun McNally (D)12.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-48Andrew McCall Norton (R)1.2Flipped
HD-49John J. Lescoe (D)27.0
HD-50John T. Savage (R)9.1
HD-51Geri W. Langlois (D)4.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-52John D. Mordasky (D)91.5
HD-53Nancy Wyman (D)28.1
HD-54Jonathan W. Pelto (D)30.6
HD-55J. Peter Fusscas (R)10.6
HD-56Joe Courtney (D)8.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-57Teresalee Bertinuson (D)Unopposed
HD-58Frederick A. Gelsi (D)Unopposed
HD-59William Kiner (D)84.6
HD-60Carl Schiessl (D)26.3
HD-61Ruth C. Fahrbach (R)Unopposed
HD-62Otto C. Neumann (R)26.8
HD-63Anthony J. Nania (R)15.7
HD-64Joseph N. Ruwet (R)22.5
HD-65George P. Avitabile (R)5.2
HD-66Robert A. Maddox Jr. (R)3.1Flipped
HD-67Oskar G. Rogg (R)33.1
HD-68Sean Butterly (D)6.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-69Carol A. Herskowitz (R)44.2
HD-70Kevin G. Knowles (D)7.6
HD-71Doreen M. Delbianco (D)7.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-72Reginald G. Beamon (D)29.8
HD-73Joan Hartley (D)24.0
HD-74Elizabeth Brown (D)13.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-75Thomas Conway (D)35.1
HD-76Marie W. Galbraith (D)1.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-77Stephen J. Duffy (D)40.6
HD-78Edward C. Krawiecki Jr. (R)28.0
HD-79Craig P. Taylor (R)0.8
HD-80Eugene A. Migliaro Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-81Angelo M. Fusco (R)7.1
HD-82Thomas S. Luby (D)13.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-83John J. Zajac Jr. (R)17.5
HD-84Benjamin N. Dezinno Jr. (D)48.2
HD-85Mary Mushinsky (D)Unopposed
HD-86Robert M. Ward (R)1.2
HD-87Paul D. Abercrombie (R)4.3
HD-88Charles Karjanis (D)3.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-89David O. Thorp (R)15.8
HD-90Mary G. Fritz (D)17.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-91Ronald Smoko (D)41.6
HD-92Pat Dillon (D)58.1
HD-93Irving Stolberg (D)71.6
HD-94William Dyson (D)77.0
HD-95Walter S. Brooks (D)64.0
HD-96Martin Looney (D)61.8
HD-97Robert J. Hauser (D)44.2
HD-98Francis X. Oneill (R)21.6
HD-99Michael P. Lawlor (D)21.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-100David Lavine (D)20.6
HD-101Linda N. Emmons (R)33.5
HD-102Stephen P. Hanchuruck (D)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-103Peter M. Lerner (R)25.6
HD-104Vincent J. Tonucci (D)20.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-105John W. Betkoski III (D)0.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-106Mae S. Schmidle (R)10.5
HD-107M. Jodi Rell (R)32.0
HD-108Norma Gyle (R)5.8
HD-109Lynn H. Taborsak (D)35.1
HD-110Paul J. Garavel (D)36.1
HD-111Barbara M. Ireland (D)6.0Flipped
HD-112Adele Kusnitz (R)11.5
HD-113Richard O. Belden (R)31.0
HD-114Alan Schlesinger (R)12.4
HD-115Vito M. Mazza (D)20.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-116Joseph A. Adamo (D)30.9
HD-117Arthur C. Gilbert (D)0.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-118Timothy J. Casey (R)33.2
HD-119Gerard B. Patton (R)15.9
HD-120J. Vincent Chase (R)26.6
HD-121Robert F. Frankel (D)32.6
HD-122Robert G. Jaekle (R)23.4
HD-123Morag L. Vance (R)Unopposed
HD-124Sheila A. Baker (D)66.5
HD-125Gabriel J. Biafore (D)44.9
HD-126Robert T. Keeley Jr. (D)41.7
HD-127Jacqueline M. Cocco (D)17.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-128Mario Testa (D)49.3
HD-129Lee Samowitz (D)16.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-130Jose C. Lugo (D)40.9
HD-131Richard Foley (R)23.8
HD-132John G. Metsopoulos (R)8.8
HD-133Elinor F. Wilber (R)33.6
HD-134Sidney S. Postol (D)1.9
HD-135Alice V. Meyer (R)Unopposed
HD-136Josephine S. Fuchs (R)8.3
HD-137Frank Esposito Jr. (R)21.2
HD-138Lawrence J. Anastasia Jr. (D)15.8
HD-139Alex Knopp (D)10.1Flipped
HD-140Douglas C. Mintz (D)24.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-141Ralph E. Vannorstrand (R)44.6
HD-142Margaret S. Gill (R)19.5
HD-143Leslie T. Young (R)52.8
HD-144John Wayne Fox (D)Unopposed
HD-145Richard Blumenthal (D)Unopposed
HD-146Moira K. Lyons (D)33.8
HD-147Christopher Shays (R)Unopposed
HD-148George Jepsen (D)7.4Flipped
HD-149William H. Nickerson (R)38.9
HD-150Dorothy K. Osler (R)38.6
HD-151Emil Benvenuto (R)Unopposed

Connecticut House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner