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. Despite this, Corey was the first Republican since 1926 to win the town of Sprague.
Democratic primary Candidates Declared Chris Murphy, incumbent U.S. senator
Withdrew Ann-Marie Adams, investigative journalist and founder of The Hartford Guardian
Endorsements
Republican primary Candidates Declared Matthew Corey, businessman Dominic Rapini, businessman
Eliminated at convention Joe Visconti, former West Hartford Councilman and independent candidate for governor in 2014
Declined Gretchen Carlson, former Fox News anchor and former Miss America
Endorsements
Results
Libertarian primary Candidates Richard Lion
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofThe Cook Political Report October 26, 2018Inside Elections November 1, 2018Sabato's Crystal Ball November 5, 2018Daily Kos September 17, 2018Fox News September 19, 2018CNN September 16, 2018RealClearPolitics September 16, 2018
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error ChrisMurphy (D) MatthewCorey (R) Other UndecidedGravis MarketingGravis Marketing October 30 – November 1, 2018 681 ± 3.8% 58% 35% – 7%Emerson CollegeEmerson College October 27–29, 2018 780 ± 3.7% 55% 35% 3% 7%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University October 22–28, 2018 1,201 ± 4.0% 56% 41% 0% 3%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University October 3–8, 2018 767 ± 5.0% 57% 42% 0% 1%Gravis MarketingGravis Marketing August 24–27, 2018 606 ± 4.0% 54% 37% − 8%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University August 16–21, 2018 1,029 ± 3.9% 59% 31% 0% 8%
Results
By county CountyChris Murphy DemocraticMatthew Corey RepublicanVarious candidates Other partiesTotal votes castFairfield217,60161.82%131,32137.31%3,0830.88%352,005Hartford213,15762.53%123,86436.34%3,8451.13%340,866Litchfield39,59346.97%43,62151.75%1,0801.28%84,294Middlesex44,88657.06%32,83641.74%9451.21%78,667New Haven189,45659.45%126,00439.54%3,2260.91%318,686New London62,11559.28%40,99339.12%1,6791.6%104,787Tolland36,71355.86%28,04642.67%9701.47%65,729Windham22,05852.76%19,03245.52%7161.72%41,806Total825,57959.53%545,71739.35%15,5441.17%1,286,840
By congressional district Murphy won all five congressional districts. District Murphy Corey Representative 63% 36%John B. Larson 56% 42%Joe Courtney 61% 37%Rosa DeLauro 62% 37%Jim Himes55%44%Elizabeth Esty (115th Congress)Jahana Hayes (116th Congress)
References
External links Candidates at Vote Smart Candidates at Ballotpedia Campaign finance at FEC Campaign finance at OpenSecrets
Official campaign websites Matthew Corey (R) for Senate Chris Murphy (D) for Senate Richard Lion (L) for Senate