Connecticut's 78th House of Representatives district

Connecticut's 78th House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. It consists of the town of Plymouth and parts of Bristol and has been represented by Republican Joe Hoxha since 2022.^[1]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
John F. Papandrea	Democratic	1967 – 1973	Meriden
Robert J. Vicino	Democratic	1973 – 1979	Bristol	Redistricted from the 34th District
Edward C. Krawiecki Jr.	Republican	1979 – 1995	Bristol	Served as Minority Leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives
William Hamzy	Republican	1995 – 2011	Terryville
Whit Betts	Republican	2011 – 2022	Bristol
Joe Hoxha	Republican	2022 – present	Bristol

2020 Connecticut State House of Representatives election, District 78^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Whit Betts (incumbent)	8,376	74.94
	Independent Party	Aileen Abrams	2,801	25.06
Total votes			11,177	100.00
	Republican hold

2018 Connecticut House of Representatives election, District 78^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Whit Betts (Incumbent)	6,086	67.7
	Democratic	Allen Marko	2,900	32.3
Total votes			8,986	100.00
	Republican hold

2016 Connecticut House of Representatives election, District 78^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Whit Betts (Incumbent)	7,028	62.98
	Democratic	Krystal Myers	4,125	37.02
Total votes			11,143	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Connecticut House of Representatives election, District 78^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Whit Betts (Incumbent)	4,754	61.6
	Democratic	Dan Santorso	2,393	31.0
	Independent Party	Whit Betts (Incumbent)	327	4.2
	Working Families	Dan Santorso	242	3.1
Total votes			11,143	100.00
	Republican hold

2012 Connecticut House of Representatives election, District 78^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Whit Betts (Incumbent)	5,908	60.0
	Democratic	Dan Santorso	3,582	36.4
	Working Families	George Langer	360	3.7
Total votes			9,850	100.00
	Republican hold

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ballotpedia. "Connecticut House of Representatives District 78". Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
^ "Public Reporting". Connecticut Elections Management System. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

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