United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988

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United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988

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  Joe Lieberman 2008.jpg Lweicker.jpg
Nominee Joe Lieberman Lowell Weicker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 688,499 678,454
Percentage 49.8% 49.0%

U.S. senator before election

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Lieberman
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Democrat Joe Lieberman.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joeseph Lieberman 688,499 49.8%
Republican Lowell Weicker (inc.) 678,454 49.0%
Libertarian Howard A. Grayson, Jr. 12,409 0.9%
New Alliance Melissa M. Fisher 4,154 0.3%
Total votes 1,379,362 100
Democratic gain from Republican

References

  1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3463

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