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2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut

2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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The 2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Connecticut.

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Democrat Richard Blumenthal was first elected to this seat in 2010 with 55.2% of the vote over Republican Linda McMahon. He was then re-elected in 2016 with 63.2% of the vote over Republican Dan Carter. Blumenthal ran for reelection to a third term in office and secured the 2022 nomination. Businesswoman Leora Levy won the Republican primary on August 9, 2022. Blumenthal won reelection, defeating Levy by about 15 points.[1] The race took place simultaneously with the 2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election.

Democratic convention

Candidates

Nominated at convention

Endorsements

Richard Blumenthal
Organizations
Labor unions

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Eliminated at convention

Declined

Endorsements

Themis Klarides
Governors
Local officials
Organizations
Leora Levy
Executive branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. House of Representatives
Individuals
Organizations

Results

Results by county
Results by municipality
  Levy
  •   30-40%
  •   40-50%
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  Klarides
  •   40-50%
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
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General election

Predictions

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Endorsements

Richard Blumenthal (D)
Organizations
Leora Levy (R)
Executive branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Aggregate polls
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Graphical summary
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Hypothetical polling
Richard Blumenthal vs. Themis Klarides
Richard Blumenthal vs. Peter Lumaj
Richard Blumenthal vs. generic opponent
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Debates

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Results

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Blumenthal won all 5 congressional districts.[49]

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Notes

  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. "Not planning to vote" with 5%; "Another candidate" with 4%
  4. "Refused" with 1%
  5. "Someone else" with 2%
  6. "Someone else" with 4%
  7. "Refused" with 2%
  8. "Refused" with 2%
  9. "Refused" with 1%
  10. "Refused" with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. This poll was sponsored by The Connecticut Examiner.

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