1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Connecticut House District 74
Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut
Elizabeth Brown (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Louis Orsini (R) by 13.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Elizabeth BrownDemocrat · winner
56.6%4,021
Louis OrsiniRepublican · incumbent
43.4%3,077
7,098 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