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2014Final results

2014 election for Connecticut House District 56

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Claire L. Janowski (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Jim Tedford (R) by 9.9 points.

Claire L. JanowskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.9%3,730
Jim TedfordRepublican
45.1%3,059
6,789 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenD+36.02004D+53.52006D+24.52010D+9.92014D+3.52016D+15.02018

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