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.
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Turnout | 63.58% | |||||||||||||||||||
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Murphy: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Corey: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | October 30 – November 1, 2018 | 681 | ± 3.8% | 58% | 35% | – | 7% |
Emerson College | October 27–29, 2018 | 780 | ± 3.7% | 55% | 35% | 3% | 7% |
Quinnipiac University | October 22–28, 2018 | 1,201 | ± 4.0% | 56% | 41% | 0% | 3% |
Quinnipiac University | October 3–8, 2018 | 767 | ± 5.0% | 57% | 42% | 0% | 1% |
Gravis Marketing | August 24–27, 2018 | 606 | ± 4.0% | 54% | 37% | − | 8% |
Quinnipiac University | 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 |