United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Connecticut, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is running for re-election to a second term in office. Party primaries, if necessary, will be held on August 9.[1]
Democratic nomination
Candidates
Declared
Republican candidates
Declared
Withdrew at convention
Petitioning for primary
Declined
- Larry Kudlow, economist, television personality and columnist[6][7][8][9]
- Linda McMahon, businesswoman, former CEO of WWE, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2012[5][10]
- Rob Simmons, Stonington First Selectman, former U.S. Representative and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010[11]
- David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2014[12]
- Joe Visconti, former West Hartford Town Councilor, nominee for CT-01 in 2008 and Independent candidate for Governor in 2014[13]
Republican convention
The Republican state convention was held on May 9, 2016, at the Hartford Convention Center to select candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. State Representative Dan Carter received the nomination with 76.7% of the delegate vote. Neither Jack Orchulli nor August Wolf received the necessary 15% of the delegate vote necessary to be granted an automatic primary on August 9, 2016.[14] In the first round of voting, August Wolf received 179 delegate votes, equalling 15.1% and qualifying for a primary. However, before balloting closed, Jack Orchulli dropped from the race and publicly endorsed Dan Carter, urging his candidates to switch their votes. During the vote switching, an additional 56 delegates that had voted for Wolf also switched their vote, dropping him well below the 15% threshold[15]
On May 11, 2016, Wolf announced that he will attempt to force a primary by collecting the signatures of 8,079 registered Republicans by June 7.[16]
Convention results
| Candidate |
Delegates |
Percentage |
| Dan Carter |
907 |
76.7% |
| August Wolf |
123 |
10.4% |
| Jack Orchulli |
20 |
1.7% |
| Not Present |
132 |
11.2% |
Endorsements
General election
Predictions
Polling
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Hypothetical polling
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| Poll source |
Date(s)
administered |
Sample
size |
Margin of
error |
Richard
Blumenthal (D) |
August
Wolf (R) |
Other |
Undecided |
| Quinnipiac University |
October 7–11, 2015 |
1,735 |
± 2.4% |
61% |
26% |
— |
9% |
| Poll source |
Date(s)
administered |
Sample
size |
Margin of
error |
Richard
Blumenthal (D) |
Larry
Kudlow (R) |
Other |
Undecided |
| Quinnipiac University |
October 7–11, 2015 |
1,735 |
± 2.4% |
61% |
27% |
— |
8% |
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External links
- Official campaign websites
