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, 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.

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

Chris Murphy
Organizations

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 October 30 – November 1, 2018681± 3.8%58%35%–7%
Emerson College October 27–29, 2018780± 3.7%55%35%3%7%
Quinnipiac University October 22–28, 20181,201± 4.0%56%41%0%3%
Quinnipiac University October 3–8, 2018767± 5.0%57%42%0%1%
Gravis Marketing August 24–27, 2018606± 4.0%54%37%−8%
Quinnipiac University August 16–21, 20181,029± 3.9%59%31%0%8%

Results

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018 [28]
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

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