Connecticut State House District 72
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Larry Butler Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Larry ButlerDemocratic · Incumbent20 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Larry Butler (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Larry ButlerIncumbentDemocratic(Democratic, Independent Party)
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 3,886
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry ButlerWon Democratic 3,886100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,248
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry ButlerWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,23568.8% RepublicanVernon Matthews Jr. Republican 1,01331.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,171
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry ButlerWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,50373.0% RepublicanVernon R. Matthews Republican 1,66827.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,538
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry ButlerWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,36274.1% RepublicanMichael N. Cervellino III Republican 1,17625.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,140
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry ButlerWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,11780.1% IndependentVernon R. Matthews Jr. Independent 65512.7% OtherRichard J. Cam Other 3687.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,459
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry B. ButlerWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,30166.5% RepublicanRuben Rodriguez Republican 1,08131.3% OtherRichard J. Cam Other 772.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,462
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry B. ButlerWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,21777.2% RepublicanMike Stango Republican 1,17621.5% OtherRichard J. Cam Other 691.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,139
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry B. ButlerWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,41877.0% RepublicanTurk Edwards Republican 63020.1% IndependentMichael P. Ney Sr. Independent 912.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,872
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry B. ButlerWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,27287.7% IndependentJoseph W. Perugini Jr. Independent 60012.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,863
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry B. ButlerWon Democratic 1,80363.0% RepublicanRodney W. Parker Republican 65122.7% IndependentJoseph W. Perugini Jr. Independent 34612.1% OtherRichard John Cam Other 632.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,775
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,18084.2% IndependentPeter K. Tirado Independent 3218.5% OtherCatherine A. Smith Other 1433.8% OtherRichard John Cam Other 1313.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,330
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,41972.6% RepublicanMartin F. Spring Republican 91127.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,236
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,36379.4% RepublicanRichard John Cam Republican 87320.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,660
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,30463.0% RepublicanValerie L. Yankus Republican 1,35637.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,263
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,23075.8% RepublicanMartin F. Spring Republican 1,03324.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,896
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,45763.1% RepublicanJim Griffin Republican 1,43936.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,116
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,98758.4% RepublicanPatricia A. Taylor Republican 2,12941.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,829
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,73656.7% RepublicanChristopher Murphy Republican 2,09343.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,037
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,68161.0% RepublicanSalvatore Corbo Republican 2,35639.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,284
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReginald G. BeamonWon Democratic 3,43064.9% RepublicanJames Sanders Republican 1,85435.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,581
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaurice B. MosleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,59360.6% RepublicanSalvatore Corbo Republican 2,98839.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,852
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaurice B. MosleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,02368.8% RepublicanGloria Longodalton Republican 1,82931.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,550
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaurice B. MosleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,92864.3% RepublicanPatsy A. Lacerenza Republican 1,62235.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,266
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaurice B. MosleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,99770.3% RepublicanMichael T. Duva Jr. Republican 1,26929.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,286
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaurice B. MosleyWon Democratic 3,55267.2% RepublicanJames Sanders Republican 1,73432.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,312
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames T. HealeyWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,05370.8% RepublicanWilliam J. Beckett Republican 1,25929.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,246
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames T. HealeyWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,94763.2% RepublicanJohn Dagostino Republican 2,29936.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,597
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPhilip N. Costello Jr.Won Republican 6,58668.6% DemocraticMichael B. Laws Democratic 3,01131.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,850
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Connecticut House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGustaf CarlsonWon Republican 6,26063.5% DemocraticHoward Hopkins Democratic 3,59036.5%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Connecticut State House District 72, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ct/house/72. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ct/sldl:72
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026