2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut

2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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Turnout63.58%
 
Nominee Chris Murphy Matthew Corey
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families
Popular vote 825,579 545,717
Percentage 59.53% 39.35%

Murphy:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Corey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Chris Murphy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Murphy
Democratic

The 2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 2018, in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Connecticut. Incumbent Democrat Chris Murphy sought and won reelection to a second term.

The primary election was held on August 14, 2018, following a June 12 candidate filing deadline. In the November 6, 2018 general election, incumbent Chris Murphy defeated Republican nominee Matthew Corey with over 59% of the vote.[1] Despite this, Corey was the first Republican since 1926 to win the town of Sprague.

  1. ^ "United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved December 23, 2017.

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