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Turnout | 63.58% | |||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Connecticut |
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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.
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Matthew Corey | 99,899 | 76.54% | |
Republican | Dominic Rapini | 30,624 | 23.46% | |
Total votes | 130,523 | 100.00% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [21] | Safe D | October 26, 2018 |
Inside Elections [22] | Safe D | November 1, 2018 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
Daily Kos [24] | Safe D | September 17, 2018 |
Fox News [25] | Likely D | September 19, 2018 |
CNN [26] | Safe D | September 16, 2018 |
RealClearPolitics [27] | Safe D | September 16, 2018 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Chris Murphy (D) | Matthew Corey (R) | Other | Undecided |
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Gravis Marketing [28] | October 30 – November 1, 2018 | 681 | ± 3.8% | 58% | 35% | – | 7% |
Emerson College [29] | October 27–29, 2018 | 780 | ± 3.7% | 55% | 35% | 3% | 7% |
Quinnipiac University [30] | October 22–28, 2018 | 1,201 | ± 4.0% | 56% | 41% | 0% | 3% |
Quinnipiac University [31] | October 3–8, 2018 | 767 | ± 5.0% | 57% | 42% | 0% | 1% |
Gravis Marketing [32] | August 24–27, 2018 | 606 | ± 4.0% | 54% | 37% | − | 8% |
Quinnipiac University [33] | August 16–21, 2018 | 1,029 | ± 3.9% | 59% | 31% | 0% | 8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Chris Murphy | 787,685 | 56.80% | +4.35% | |
Working Families | Chris Murphy | 37,894 | 2.73% | +0.36% | |
Total | 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 | 0.00% | -0.45% | ||
Total votes | 1,386,840 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |
Murphy won all five congressional districts. [35]
District | Murphy | Corey | Representative |
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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) | |||
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