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Table 1
Statewide
Political Races 1954-1984
|
Election Year
|
President
|
Governor
|
U. S. Senate
|
|
1954
|
|
Ribicoff
(D)
|
|
|
1956
|
*Eisenhower
(R)
|
|
|
|
1958
|
|
Ribicoff
(D)3
|
T. Dodd
(D)
|
|
1960
|
*Kennedy
(D)1
|
|
|
|
1962
|
|
Dempsey
(D)
|
Ribicoff
(D)
|
|
1964
|
*Johnson
(D)
|
|
T. Dodd
(D)
|
|
1966
|
|
Dempsey
(D)
|
|
|
1968
|
*Nixon
(R)
|
|
Ribicoff
(D)
|
|
1970
|
|
Meskill
(R)
|
Weicker
(R)
|
|
1972
|
*Nixon
(R)2
|
|
|
|
1974
|
|
Grasso
(D)
|
Ribicoff
(D)
|
|
1976
|
*Carter
(D)
|
|
Weiker
(R)
|
|
1978
|
|
Grasso
(D)4
|
|
|
1980
|
*Reagan
(R)
|
|
C. Dodd
(D)
|
|
1982
|
|
O’Neill
(D)
|
Weicker
(R)
|
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1984
|
*Reagan
(R)
|
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*Carried Connecticut
and its eight electoral votes.
1Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed
office on November 22, 1963 following the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy.
2Vice President Gerald R. Ford assumed
office on August 9, 1973, following the resignation of President
Richard M. Nixon.
3Lt. Governor John Dempsey assumed office
January 21, 1961, following the resignation of Governor Abraham
A. Ribicoff.
4Lt. Governor William A. O’Neill assumed
office on December 31, 1980, following the resignation of
Governor
Ella T. Grasso.
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