2024 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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2024 United States Senate election in Connecticut
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Nominee Chris Murphy Matthew Corey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,000,695678,256
Percentage58.58%39.70%
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Murphy:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Corey:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Chris Murphy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Murphy
Democratic

The 2024 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Connecticut. Primary elections took place on August 13, 2024. [1] Incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Murphy won re-election to a third term with 58.58% of the vote in a rematch with his 2018 opponent Matthew Corey. This was the first Senate election that Murphy did not carry Windham County.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Chris Murphy (D)$13,279,807$8,327,715$9,736,809
Source: Federal Election Commission [15]

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Murphy (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes—100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Matthew Corey, bar owner, perennial candidate, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 [16]

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Matthew Corey

Organizations

Gerry Smith

Political Parties

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Matthew Corey (R)$30,770 [b] $19,926$28,212
Robert Hyde (R)$743$696$47
Gerry Smith (R)$61,506$55,895$5,611
Source: Federal Election Commission [15]

Results

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Results by municipality:
  Corey—80–90%
  Corey—70–80%
  Corey—60–70%
  Corey—50–60%
  Tied
  Smith—50–60%
  Smith—60–70%
  Smith—70–80%
  Smith—80–90%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matthew Corey 19,228 54.74%
Republican Gerry Smith15,90045.26%
Total votes35,128 100.00%

Green primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [21] Solid DNovember 9, 2023
Inside Elections [22] Solid DNovember 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23] Safe DNovember 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [24] Safe DJune 8, 2024
Elections Daily [25] Safe DMay 4, 2023
CNalysis [26] Solid DNovember 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics [27] Solid DAugust 5, 2024
Split Ticket [28] Safe DOctober 23, 2024
538 [29] Solid DOctober 23, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [c] 		Margin
of error		Chris
Murphy (D)		Matthew
Corey (R)		Undecided
MassINC Polling Group [30] [A] September 12–18, 2024800 (LV)± 3.7%51%35%–

Results

2024 United States Senate election in Connecticut [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chris Murphy953,64655.83Decrease2.svg 0.97
Working Families Chris Murphy47,0492.75Increase2.svg 0.02
Total Chris Murphy (incumbent) 1,000,695 58.58 Decrease2.svg 0.95
Republican Matthew Corey678,25639.70Increase2.svg 0.35
Cheaper Gas Groceries Robert F. Hyde 14,8790.87N/A
Green Justin Paglino14,4220.84Increase2.svg 0.36
Write-in 70.00Steady2.svg
Total votes1,708,259 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Murphy won all 5 congressional districts. [32]

DistrictMurphyCoreyRepresentative
1st 63%36% John B. Larson
2nd 56%43% Joe Courtney
3rd 59%39% Rosa DeLauro
4th 61%37% Jim Himes
5th 55%44% Jahana Hayes

Notes

  1. ↑ Mayor
  2. ↑ $5,000 of this total was self-funded by Corey
  3. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by CT Mirror

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