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1980 Connecticut Senate election

Majority party Minority party   Leader Joe Lieberman (retired) Richard C. Bozzuto (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 8, 1975 January 3, 1979 Leader’s seat District 10 District 32 Last election 26 10 Seats after 23 13 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 666,008 651,147 Percentage 50.56% 49.43%

The 1980 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 4, 1980, to determine which party would control the Connecticut State Senate for the following two years. All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, 26 seats were held by Democrats and 10 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans flip 3 seats, this however meant that Democrats retained their majority in the State Senate.^[1][2]

1. District 2: Sanford Cloud Jr. retired.
2. District 10: Joe Lieberman retired to unsuccessfully run for Connecticut’s 3rd congressional district.
3. District 23: Salvatore C. DePiano retired.

1. District 32: Richard C. Bozzuto retired to unsuccessfully run for U.S. Senator of Connecticut.
2. District 34: Lawrence J. DeNardis retired to successfully run for Connecticut’s 3rd congressional district..

1. District 4: Abraham Glassman lost re-election to Carl A. Zinsser.
2. District 14: John D. Prete lost re-election to Thomas Scott.
3. District 15: Louis S. Cutillo lost re-election to Jerry Labriola.
4. District 30: Joseph A Ruggiero lost re-election to M. Adela Eads.

1. District 27: Richard H. G. Cunningham lost re-election to Thom Serrani.

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 4, 0.2% (gain)
2. District 5, 0.2%
3. District 9, 1.2%
4. District 33, 1.2%
5. District 12, 1.6%
6. District 24, 2.0%
7. District 30, 5.4% (gain)
8. District 35, 7.0%
9. District 27, 7.2% (gain)
10. District 17, 8.8%