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2000 Senate elections · Connecticut history

Connecticut U.S. Senate election 2000

Joseph I. Lieberman DEM +29.0 · Class I seat · held 11/7/00

Votes counted
1,311,261
Margin
29.0 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld
President in CT
D+17.5same year

General election 11/7/00

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Joseph I. Lieberman WonDEM828,90263.21%
Phil GiordanoREP448,07734.17%
William KozakCNC25,5091.95%
Wildey Judd MooreLIB8,7730.67%
Total1,311,261

Official source: Election-Statistics

Other Connecticut Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class IChristopher S. Murphy16.1
2022Class IIIRichard Blumenthal13.1
2018Class IChristopher S. Murphy17.5
2016Class IIIRichard Blumenthal23.1
2012Class IChristopher S. Murphy12.5
2010Class IIIRichard Blumenthal9.3
2006Class IJoseph I. Lieberman10.0
2004Class IIIChristopher J. Dodd34.2
2000Class IJoseph I. Lieberman29.0
1998Class IIIChristopher J. Dodd32.8
1994Class IJoseph I. Lieberman10.1
1992Class IIIChristopher J. Dodd0.4

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Questions and answers

Who won the 2000 Connecticut Senate race?

Joseph I. Lieberman (DEM) won with 63.2% of the vote, ahead of Phil Giordano (34.2%), a margin of 29.0 points.

Did the Connecticut Senate seat change party in 2000?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2000 Connecticut Senate race?

1,311,261 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.