2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut
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Turnout63.58%
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Nominee Chris Murphy Matthew Corey
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families
Popular vote825,579545,717
Percentage59.53%39.35%
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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, 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.

Contents

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Ann-Marie Adams, investigative journalist and founder of The Hartford Guardian [3]

Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

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

Eliminated at convention

Declined

Endorsements

Matthew Corey
Individuals
Newspapers

Results

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Results by county
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  •   Corey—80–90%
  •   Corey—70–80%
  •   Corey—60–70%
Republican primary results [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matthew Corey 99,899 76.54%
Republican Dominic Rapini30,62423.46%
Total votes130,523 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [21] Safe DOctober 26, 2018
Inside Elections [22] Safe DNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23] Safe DNovember 5, 2018
Daily Kos [24] Safe DSeptember 17, 2018
Fox News [25] Likely DSeptember 19, 2018
CNN [26] Safe DSeptember 16, 2018
RealClearPolitics [27] Safe DSeptember 16, 2018

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Chris
Murphy (D)		Matthew
Corey (R)		OtherUndecided
Gravis Marketing [28] October 30 – November 1, 2018681± 3.8%58%35%–7%
Emerson College [29] October 27–29, 2018780± 3.7%55%35%3%7%
Quinnipiac University [30] October 22–28, 20181,201± 4.0%56%41%0%3%
Quinnipiac University [31] October 3–8, 2018767± 5.0%57%42%0%1%
Gravis Marketing [32] August 24–27, 2018606± 4.0%54%37%−8%
Quinnipiac University [33] August 16–21, 20181,029± 3.9%59%31%0%8%

Results

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chris Murphy787,68556.80%+4.35%
Working Families Chris Murphy37,8942.73%+0.36%
Total Chris Murphy (incumbent) 825,579 59.53% +4.71%
Republican Matthew Corey545,71739.35%−3.94%
Libertarian Richard Lion8,8380.64%−1.02%
Green Jeff Russell6,6180.48%N/A
Write-in 880.00%-0.45%
Total votes1,386,840 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

CountyChris Murphy

Democratic

Matthew Corey

Republican

Various candidates

Other parties

Total votes cast
Fairfield 217,60161.82%131,32137.31%3,0830.88%352,005
Hartford 213,15762.53%123,86436.34%3,8451.13%340,866
Litchfield 39,59346.97%43,62151.75%1,0801.28%84,294
Middlesex 44,88657.06%32,83641.74%9451.21%78,667
New Haven 189,45659.45%126,00439.54%3,2260.91%318,686
New London 62,11559.28%40,99339.12%1,6791.6%104,787
Tolland 36,71355.86%28,04642.67%9701.47%65,729
Windham 22,05852.76%19,03245.52%7161.72%41,806
Total825,57959.53%545,71739.35%15,5441.17%1,286,840

By congressional district

Murphy won all five congressional districts. [35]

DistrictMurphyCoreyRepresentative
1st 63%36% John B. Larson
2nd 56%42% Joe Courtney
3rd 61%37% Rosa DeLauro
4th 62%37% Jim Himes
5th 55%44% Elizabeth Esty (115th Congress)
Jahana Hayes (116th Congress)

References

  1. ↑ "United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ Bass, Paul (December 23, 2016). "Murphy Navigates A Changed World". New Haven Independent . Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "PAGE BY PAGE REPORT DISPLAY FOR 201703010200079535 (Page 1 of 4)". docquery.fec.gov.
  4. ↑ "2018 Senate Endorsees - JStreet". Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ "LCV Action Fund Endorses Senator Chris Murphy for Re-Election". League of Conservation Voters. September 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ Stewart, Brian (August 1, 2017). "MoveOn Endorses Six Senators' Re-Election Bids, Backing 'Health Care Heroes' for Helping Lead Effort to Stop Trumpcare From Becoming Law, Embracing Progressive Policies in Trump Era". MoveOn.org . Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Candidates We Endorse and Support".
  8. ↑ "Federal Endorsements by the NOW PAC | National Organization for Women Political Action Committees". nowpac.org. August 23, 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  9. ↑ "NRDC Action Fund announces first wave of 2018 Senate endorsements". www.nrdcactionfund.org. January 5, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Population Connection Action Fund Endorsements". Population Connection. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sierra Club #ClimateVoter Guide: Endorsements". July 16, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Connecticut – Official UAW Endorsements". uawendorsements.org. United Automobile Workers.
  13. ↑ Altimari, Daniela (August 22, 2017). "Corey Planning U.S. Senate Run Against Murphy". Hartford Courant . Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  14. ↑ McGuinness, Dylan (June 27, 2017). "Branford Republican Announces Campaign for U.S. Senate". Hartford Courant . Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  15. ↑ Altimari, Daniela (March 9, 2018). "Visconti Out For Governor, In for Senate". Hartford Courant . Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  16. ↑ Vigdor, Neil (April 6, 2017). "Source: GOP trying to draft ex-Fox host Gretchen Carlson for Senate". Connecticut Post . Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  17. ↑ Greenwood, Max (December 7, 2017). "Gretchen Carlson won't rule out political career". The Hill. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  18. ↑ Munson, Emilie (September 9, 2018). "Matthew Corey courts conservative media to build support". Connecticut Post .
  19. ↑ "Mr. Corey for U.S. Senate". Waterbury Republican-American . November 1, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  20. ↑ "2018 Connecticut primary election results" . Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  21. ↑ "2018 Senate Race Ratings for October 26, 2018". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  22. ↑ "2018 Senate Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  23. ↑ "2018 Crystal Ball Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections 2018 race ratings". Daily Kos . June 5, 2018.
  25. ↑ "2018 Senate Power Rankings". Fox News . Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Key Races: Senate" . Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Battle for the Senate 2018" . Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  28. ↑ Gravis Marketing
  29. ↑ Emerson College
  30. ↑ Quinnipiac University
  31. ↑ Quinnipiac University
  32. ↑ Gravis Marketing
  33. ↑ Quinnipiac University
  34. ↑ "2018 Connecticut general election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  35. ↑ "Statement of Vote" (PDF). Secretary of the State of Connecticut . Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.

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