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2014Final results

2014 election for Connecticut House District 78

Connecticut House of Representatives · Connecticut

Whit Betts (R) won with 65.9% of the vote, defeating Dan Santorso (D) by 31.7 points.

Whit BettsRepublican · winner · incumbent
65.9%5,081
Dan SantorsoDemocrat
34.1%2,635
7,716 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

EvenR+23.72008R+23.22010R+23.62012R+31.72014R+26.02016R+35.52018

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