2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut
November 6, 2018
Turnout63.58%
 
Nominee Chris Murphy Matthew Corey
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families
Popular vote 825,579 545,717
Percentage 59.53% 39.35%
Murphy:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Corey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Chris Murphy
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Murphy
Democratic

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.

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Ann-Marie Adams, investigative journalist and founder of The Hartford Guardian[3]

Endorsements

Chris Murphy
Organizations

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Matthew Corey, businessman[13]
  • Dominic Rapini, businessman[14]

Eliminated at Convention

Declined

Endorsements

Matthew Corey
Individuals
Newspapers

Results

Results by county
Map legend
  •   Corey—80–90%
  •   Corey—70–80%
  •   Corey—60–70%
Republican primary results[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matthew Corey 99,899 76.54%
Republican Dominic Rapini 30,624 23.46%
Total votes 130,523 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

  • Richard Lion

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
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

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Chris
Murphy (D)		 Matthew
Corey (R)		 Other Undecided
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%

Results

Results by congressional district
Map legend
  •   Murphy—60–70%
  •   Murphy—50–60%
United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

References

  1. ↑ "United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ Bass, Paul (December 23, 2016). "Murphy Navigates A Changed World". New Haven Independent. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "PAGE BY PAGE REPORT DISPLAY FOR 201703010200079535 (Page 1 of 4)". docquery.fec.gov.
  4. ↑ "2018 Senate Endorsees - JStreet". Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ "LCV Action Fund Endorses Senator Chris Murphy for Re-Election". League of Conservation Voters. September 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ Stewart, Brian (August 1, 2017). "MoveOn Endorses Six Senators' Re-Election Bids, Backing 'Health Care Heroes' for Helping Lead Effort to Stop Trumpcare From Becoming Law, Embracing Progressive Policies in Trump Era". MoveOn.org. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Candidates We Endorse and Support".
  8. ↑ "Federal Endorsements by the NOW PAC | National Organization for Women Political Action Committees". nowpac.org. August 23, 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  9. ↑ "NRDC Action Fund announces first wave of 2018 Senate endorsements". www.nrdcactionfund.org. January 5, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Population Connection Action Fund Endorsements". Population Connection. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sierra Club #ClimateVoter Guide: Endorsements". July 16, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Connecticut – Official UAW Endorsements". uawendorsements.org. United Automobile Workers.
  13. ↑ Altimari, Daniela (August 22, 2017). "Corey Planning U.S. Senate Run Against Murphy". Hartford Courant. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  14. ↑ McGuinness, Dylan (June 27, 2017). "Branford Republican Announces Campaign for U.S. Senate". Hartford Courant. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  15. ↑ Altimari, Daniela (March 9, 2018). "Visconti Out For Governor, In for Senate". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  16. ↑ Vigdor, Neil (April 6, 2017). "Source: GOP trying to draft ex-Fox host Gretchen Carlson for Senate". Connecticut Post. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  17. ↑ Greenwood, Max (December 7, 2017). "Gretchen Carlson won't rule out political career". The Hill. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  18. ↑ Munson, Emilie (September 9, 2018). "Matthew Corey courts conservative media to build support". Connecticut Post.
  19. ↑ "Mr. Corey for U.S. Senate". Waterbury Republican-American. November 1, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  20. ↑ "2018 Connecticut primary election results". Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  21. ↑ "2018 Senate Race Ratings for October 26, 2018". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  22. ↑ "2018 Senate Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  23. ↑ "2018 Crystal Ball Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections 2018 race ratings". Daily Kos. June 5, 2018.
  25. ↑ "2018 Senate Power Rankings". Fox News. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Key Races: Senate". Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Battle for the Senate 2018". Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  28. ↑ "2018 Connecticut general election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 12, 2019.
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