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.
Retirements Democrats District 2: Sanford Cloud Jr. retired. District 10: Joe Lieberman retired to unsuccessfully run for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. District 23: Salvatore C. DePiano retired.
Republicans District 32: Richard C. Bozzuto retired to unsuccessfully run for U.S. Senator of Connecticut. District 34: Lawrence J. DeNardis retired to successfully run for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district.
Defeated incumbents In general Democrats District 4: Abraham Glassman lost re-election to Carl A. Zinsser. District 14: John D. Prete lost re-election to Tom Scott. District 15: Louis S. Cutillo lost re-election to Jerry Labriola. District 30: Joseph A. Ruggiero lost re-election to M. Adela Eads.
Republicans District 27: Richard Cunningham lost re-election to Thom Serrani.
Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: (gain)
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Results District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
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