1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Connecticut House District 56
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Joe Courtney (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Robert B. Hurd (R) by 8.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joe CourtneyDemocrat · winner
54.4%3,502
Robert B. HurdRepublican · incumbent
45.6%2,930
6,432 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET