2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut
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Turnout 63.58%
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Nominee Chris Murphy Matthew Corey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 825,579 545,717
Percentage 59.5% 39.4%
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County Results

Murphy:      50–60%      60–70%

Corey:      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Chris Murphy
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Murphy
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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 2018 general election, incumbent Democrat Chris Murphy defeated Republican nominee Matthew Corey with over 59% of the vote.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Murphy (incumbent)
Total votes ' 100.0%


Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Matthew Corey, businessman[13]
  • Dominic Rapini, businessman[14]

Eliminated at Convention

Declined

Endorsements

Results

File:Connecticut Senate Republican Primary Election Results by County, 2018.svg
Results by county:
Corey:
  •   Corey—60–70%
  •   Corey—70–80%
  •   Corey—80–70%
Republican primary results[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matthew Corey 99,899 76.54%
Republican Dominic Rapini 30,624 23.46%
Total votes 130,523 100%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

  • Richard Lion

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[21] Solid D September 28, 2018
Inside Elections[22] Solid D September 14, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[23] Safe D September 6, 2018
Daily Kos[24] Safe D September 17, 2018
Fox News[25] Likely D^ September 19, 2018
CNN[26] Solid D September 16, 2018
RealClearPolitics[27] Safe D September 16, 2018

^Highest rating given

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Chris
Murphy (D)		 Matthew
Corey (R)		 Other Undecided
Gravis Marketing October 30 – November 1, 2018 681 ± 3.8% 58% 35% – 7%
Emerson College October 27–29, 2018 780 ± 3.7% 55% 35% 3% 7%
Quinnipiac University October 22–28, 2018 1,201 ± 4.0% 56% 41% 0% 3%
Quinnipiac University October 3–8, 2018 767 ± 5.0% 57% 42% 0% 1%
Gravis Marketing August 24–27, 2018 606 ± 4.0% 54% 37% − 8%
Quinnipiac University August 16–21, 2018 1,029 ± 3.9% 59% 31% 0% 8%

Results

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Chris Murphy (incumbent) 825,579 59.53% +4.71%
Republican Matthew Corey 545,717 39.35% -3.94%
Libertarian Richard Lion 8,838 0.64% -1.02%
Green Jeff Russell 6,618 0.48% N/A
Write-in 88 <0.01% N/A
Total votes 1,386,840 100% N/A
Democratic hold

References

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External links

Official campaign websites
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