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1980-11-04 Senatorial Election Results for Connecticut (Class 3)


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County Turnout Christopher Dodd
(D)		 James Buckley
(R)		 Gerard Brennan
(Libertarian)		 Lou Zemel
(Citizens)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Fairfield60%162,78946.2%186,69553.0%1,4380.4%1,0910.3%00.0%-23,906 352,013
Hartford60%231,14964.3%125,80635.0%1,3950.4%1,1250.3%00.0%105,343 359,475
Litchfield65%39,13452.9%34,35546.4%3150.4%2360.3%00.0%4,779 74,040
Middlesex65%38,17861.5%23,29337.5%2660.4%3230.5%00.0%14,885 62,060
New Haven58%179,73555.3%142,87343.9%1,1000.3%1,4290.4%00.0%36,862 325,137
New London56%60,03062.5%35,53637.0%3330.3%2030.2%00.0%24,494 96,102
Tolland58%30,70262.5%17,88936.4%2970.6%2170.4%00.0%12,813 49,105
Windham58%22,25258.5%15,43740.6%1920.5%1480.4%00.0%6,815 38,029
TOTAL 59% 763,96956.3% 581,88442.9% 5,3360.4% 4,7720.4% 1140.0% 182,085 1,356,075
Total R vote: 581,884 (42.9%)      Total D vote: 763,969 (56.3%)      Total Other vote: 10,222 (0.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,405,674 $1,332,117 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $1,400,991 $1,328,599 $0 $0
Cash on Hand: $0 $0 $0 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0 $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $0 $0 $0 $0
Party Contributions: $0 $0 $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $0 $0 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/CT/1980



1980 Senate class 3, Fairfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Christopher Dodd (D) 162,789 46.2%
James Buckley (R) 186,695 53.0%
Gerard Brennan (Lbt) 1,438 0.4%
Lou Zemel (Citizens) 1,091 0.3%
TOTAL 352,013
Turnout: 60%


1980 Senate class 3, Hartford County
CandidateVotesPct
Christopher Dodd (D) 231,149 64.3%
James Buckley (R) 125,806 35.0%
Gerard Brennan (Lbt) 1,395 0.4%
Lou Zemel (Citizens) 1,125 0.3%
TOTAL 359,475
Turnout: 60%


1980 Senate class 3, Litchfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Christopher Dodd (D) 39,134 52.9%
James Buckley (R) 34,355 46.4%
Gerard Brennan (Lbt) 315 0.4%
Lou Zemel (Citizens) 236 0.3%
TOTAL 74,040
Turnout: 65%


1980 Senate class 3, Middlesex County
CandidateVotesPct
Christopher Dodd (D) 38,178 61.5%
James Buckley (R) 23,293 37.5%
Gerard Brennan (Lbt) 266 0.4%
Lou Zemel (Citizens) 323 0.5%
TOTAL 62,060
Turnout: 65%


1980 Senate class 3, New Haven County
CandidateVotesPct
Christopher Dodd (D) 179,735 55.3%
James Buckley (R) 142,873 43.9%
Gerard Brennan (Lbt) 1,100 0.3%
Lou Zemel (Citizens) 1,429 0.4%
TOTAL 325,137
Turnout: 58%


1980 Senate class 3, New London County
CandidateVotesPct
Christopher Dodd (D) 60,030 62.5%
James Buckley (R) 35,536 37.0%
Gerard Brennan (Lbt) 333 0.3%
Lou Zemel (Citizens) 203 0.2%
TOTAL 96,102
Turnout: 56%


1980 Senate class 3, Tolland County
CandidateVotesPct
Christopher Dodd (D) 30,702 62.5%
James Buckley (R) 17,889 36.4%
Gerard Brennan (Lbt) 297 0.6%
Lou Zemel (Citizens) 217 0.4%
TOTAL 49,105
Turnout: 58%


1980 Senate class 3, Windham County
CandidateVotesPct
Christopher Dodd (D) 22,252 58.5%
James Buckley (R) 15,437 40.6%
Gerard Brennan (Lbt) 192 0.5%
Lou Zemel (Citizens) 148 0.4%
TOTAL 38,029
Turnout: 58%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Christopher Dodd
Total Disbursements: $1,405,674
Total Receipts: $1,400,991
Cash on Hand: $0
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $0
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/CT/1980

James Buckley
Total Disbursements: $1,332,117
Total Receipts: $1,328,599
Cash on Hand: $0
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $0
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   James Buckley 64,962 56.5% $1,332,117
2   Richard Bozzuto 50,096 43.5% $241,722
TOTAL VOTES 115,058    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Democrat primary