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The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut, concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat, 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.
The three classes of United States Senators are made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that senators in one of the groups are up for election every two years, rather than having all 100 seats up for election at once. For example, the 33 Senate seats of class 1 were up for election in 2018, the elections for the 33 seats of class 2 will take place in 2020, and the elections for the 34 seats of class 3 will be held in 2022.
As Connecticut does not have gubernatorial term limits, incumbent Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy was eligible to run for a third term, but declined to do so. [1] [2] [3] After the resignation of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback in January 2018, Malloy became the most unpopular governor in the United States. [4] [5] The general election was between 2006 Democratic Senate nominee and businessman Ned Lamont, and Republican businessman Bob Stefanowski.
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.
Dannel Patrick Malloy is an American politician, who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he chaired the Democratic Governors Association from 2016 to 2017.
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Edward Miner Lamont Jr. is an American businessman and politician serving as the 89th Governor of Connecticut since January 9, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he won the 2018 gubernatorial election, defeating Republican Bob Stefanowski and independent Oz Griebel.
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Democratic | Ned Lamont | 172,024 | 81.2 | |
Democratic | Joe Ganim | 39,913 | 18.8 | |
Total votes | 211,937 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Susan Bysiewicz | 129,928 | 62.2 | |
Democratic | Eva Bermúdez Zimmerman | 79,021 | 37.8 | |
Total votes | 208,949 | 100.0 |
The Republican statewide nominating convention was held May 11–12, 2018 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut.
Under the rules established by the convention, any candidate not receiving at least eight percent of the vote would be eliminated in the first round of voting. In the second round of voting, candidates not receiving 15 percent of the vote would be eliminated. In all subsequent rounds of voting, the candidate with the fewest votes would be eliminated, regardless of percentage. Voting would continue until one candidate receives 50 percent plus one of all votes cast. [87]
Round | Mark Boughton | Tim Herbst | Steve Obsitnik | Peter Lumaj | Mark Lauretti | David M. Walker | Prasad Srinivasan | Mike Handler | ||||||||
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1 | 277 | 24.4% | 213 | 18.8% | 117 | 10.3% | 167 | 14.7% | 119 | 10.5% | 104 | 9.2% | 90 | 7.9% | 46 | 4.1% |
2 | 408 | 36.3% | 319 | 28.4% | 198 | 17.6% | 161 | 14.3% | 26 | 2.3% | 13 | 1.2% | ||||
3 | 557 | 50.1% | 454 | 40.9% | 100 | 9.0% | ||||||||||
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Tim Herbst [96] |
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Bob Stefanowski |
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David Stemerman |
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Mike Handler (eliminated) |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Mark Boughton | Tim Herbst | Steve Obsitnik | Bob Stefanowski | David Stemerman | Undecided |
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Tremont Public Advisors | August 7–9, 2018 | 1,151 | ± 3.0% | 32% | 16% | 11% | 22% | 17% | 3% |
McLaughlin & Associates (R-Stefanowski) | July 21–23, 2018 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 18% | 11% | 4% | 29% | 17% | 21% |
Tremont Public Advisors | July 18–20, 2018 | 1,006 | ± 3.0% | 34% | 15% | 12% | 20% | 15% | 5% |
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Republican | Bob Stefanowski | 42,119 | 29.4 | |
Republican | Mark D. Boughton | 30,505 | 21.3 | |
Republican | David Stemerman | 26,276 | 18.3 | |
Republican | Tim Herbst | 25,144 | 17.6 | |
Republican | Steve Obsitnik | 19,151 | 13.4 | |
Total votes | 143,195 | 100.0 |
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Republican | Joe Markley | 65,702 | 47.6 | |
Republican | Erin Stewart | 45,262 | 32.8 | |
Republican | Jayme Stevenson | 27,139 | 19.7 | |
Total votes | 138,103 | 100.0 |
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Ned Lamont (D) | Oz Griebel (I) | Bob Stefanowski (R) | |||
Connecticut Broadcasters Association | October 18, 2018 | [170] | Attended | Attended | Attended |
WCTX | September 17, 2018 | [171] | Attended | Not Invited | Attended |
WTNH | September 12, 2018 | [172] | Attended | Not Invited | Attended |
WFSB | September 5, 2018 | [173] | Attended | Attended | Did not attend |
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The Cook Political Report [174] | Tossup | October 5, 2018 |
Rothenberg Political Report [175] | Lean D | October 12, 2018 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [176] | Lean D | October 11, 2018 |
Real Clear Politics [177] | Tossup | October 30, 2018 |
Daily Kos [178] | Lean D | October 23, 2018 |
Fox News [179] | Likely D | November 5, 2018 |
Politico [180] | Lean D | October 23, 2018 |
Governing [181] | Lean D | October 23, 2018 |
FiveThirtyEight [182] | Likely D | October 23, 2018 |
The Washington Post [183] | Tossup | November 4, 2018 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ned Lamont (D) | Bob Stefanowski (R) | Oz Griebel (I) | Other | Undecided |
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Gravis Marketing | October 30 – November 1, 2018 | 681 | ± 3.8% | 46% | 37% | 9% | – | 8% |
Sacred Heart University | October 29–31, 2018 | 500 | ± 4.3% | 38% | 40% | 9% | 1% | 12% |
Emerson College | October 27–29, 2018 | 780 | ± 3.7% | 46% | 39% | 10% | 0% [184] | 5% |
Quinnipiac University | October 22–28, 2018 | 1,201 | ± 4.0% | 47% | 43% | 7% | 0% | 4% |
Sacred Heart University | October 13–17, 2018 | 501 | ± 4.3% | 40% | 36% | 8% | 1% | 15% |
Public Policy Polling (D-Change Course CT PAC) | October 8–9, 2018 | 828 | – | 43% | 38% | – | – | 19% |
Quinnipiac University | October 3–8, 2018 | 767 | ± 5.0% | 47% | 39% | 11% | 0% | 3% |
Sacred Heart University | September 12–17, 2018 | 501 | ± 4.3% | 43% | 37% | – | 4% | 16% |
Gravis Marketing | August 24–27, 2018 | 606 | ± 4.0% | 49% | 40% | – | – | 12% |
Quinnipiac University | August 16–21, 2018 | 1,029 | ± 3.9% | 46% | 33% | 4% | 2% [185] | 14% |
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Sacred Heart University | August 16–21, 2018 | 502 | ± 4.3% | 41% | 37% | – | 6% | 17% |
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Democratic | Ned Lamont | 694,640 | 49.37% | -1.39% | |
Republican | Bob Stefanowski | 650,225 | 46.22% | -1.97% | |
Independent | Oz Griebel | 54,746 | 3.89% | N/A | |
Libertarian | Rod Hanscomb | 6,086 | 0.43% | N/A | |
Independent | Mark Greenstein | 1,254 | 0.09% | N/A | |
Independent | Lee Whitnum (write-in) | 74 | 0.01% | N/A | |
Total votes | 1,407,025 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
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