Connecticut U.S. Senate election history

Every Connecticut U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Connecticut Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2024	Class I	Christopher S. Murphy	Democratic	Matthew M. Corey	16.1	1,708,259
2022	Class III	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Leora R. Levy	13.1	1,259,887
2018	Class I	Christopher S. Murphy	Democratic	Matthew M. Corey	17.5	1,386,840
2016	Class III	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Dan Carter	23.1	1,596,276
2012 flip	Class I	Christopher S. Murphy	Democratic	Linda McMahon	12.5	1,511,764
2010	Class III	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Linda McMahon	9.3	1,153,115
2006	Class I	Joseph I. Lieberman	Democratic	Edward Lamont	10.0	1,134,777
2004	Class III	Christopher J. Dodd	Democratic	Jack C. Orchulli	34.2	1,424,726
2000	Class I	Joseph I. Lieberman	Democratic	Phil Giordano	29.0	1,311,261
1998	Class III	Christopher J. Dodd	Democratic	Gary A. Franks	32.8	964,457
1994	Class I	Joseph I. Lieberman	Democratic	Jerry Labriola	10.1	1,079,664
1992	Class III	Christopher J. Dodd	Democratic	Brook Johnson	0.4	1,500,661
1988 flip	Class I	Joseph I. Lieberman	Democratic	Lowell P. Weicker	0.7	1,383,526
1986	Class III	Christopher J. Dodd	Democratic	Roger W. Eddy	29.9	976,933
1982	Class I	Lowell P. Weicker	Republican	Anthony Toby Moffett	4.3	1,083,508
1980	Class III	Christopher J. Dodd	Democratic	James L. Buckley	13.4	1,356,075
1976	Class I	Lowell P. Weicker	Republican	Gloria Schaffer	16.5	1,361,666

Christopher S. Murphy won in 2024 by 16.1 points.

Richard Blumenthal (Democrat, term ends 2029) and Christopher Murphy (Democrat, term ends 2031).

In 2024, when Christopher S. Murphy won.

In 1982, when Lowell P. Weicker won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.