2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut

The 2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Connecticut.

2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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Turnout51.03% Decrease
 
Nominee Richard Blumenthal Leora Levy
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families
Popular vote 723,864 535,943
Percentage 57.45% 42.54%

Blumenthal:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Levy:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Richard Blumenthal
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Richard Blumenthal
Democratic

Democrat Richard Blumenthal was first elected to this seat in 2010 with 55.2% of the vote over Republican Linda McMahon. He was then re-elected in 2016 with 63.2% of the vote over Republican Dan Carter. Blumenthal ran for reelection to a third term in office and secured the 2022 nomination. Businesswoman Leora Levy won the Republican primary on August 9, 2022. Blumenthal won reelection, defeating Levy by about 15 points.[1] The race took place simultaneously with the 2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election.

Democratic convention

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Candidates

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Nominated at convention

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Endorsements

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Eliminated at convention

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Themis Klarides

Governors

Local officials

Organizations

Leora Levy

Executive branch officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. House of Representatives

Individuals

Organizations

Results

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Results by county
Results by municipality
  Levy
  •   30-40%
  •   40-50%
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  Klarides
  •   40-50%
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
Republican primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Leora Levy 46,774 50.60%
Republican Themis Klarides 37,003 40.03%
Republican Peter Lumaj 8,665 9.37%
Total votes 92,442 100.0%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[32] Solid D March 4, 2022
Inside Elections[33] Solid D April 1, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[34] Safe D March 1, 2022
Politico[35] Likely D August 12, 2022
RCP[36] Lean D October 15, 2022
Fox News[37] Likely D September 20, 2022
DDHQ[38] Solid D July 20, 2022
538[39] Solid D June 30, 2022
The Economist[40] Safe D September 7, 2022

Endorsements

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Leora Levy (R)

Executive branch officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Organizations

Newspapers

Polling

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Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Richard
Blumenthal (D)
Leora
Levy (R)
Other
[a]
Margin
Real Clear Politics[48] October 10–23, 2022 October 30, 2022 52.7% 41.7% 5.6% Blumenthal +11.0
FiveThirtyEight[49] September 15 – October 19, 2022 October 30, 2022 53.4% 40.9% 5.7% Blumenthal +12.4
270towin[50] September 7–21, 2022 October 30, 2022 52.7% 41.7% 5.6% Blumenthal +11.0
Average 52.9% 41.4% 5.7% Blumenthal +11.5

Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Richard
Blumenthal (D)
Leora
Levy (R)
Other Undecided
Long Island University[51] October 24–26, 2022 1,004 (A) ± 3.0% 51% 26% 9%[c] 14%
Quinnipiac University[52] October 19–23, 2022 1,879 (LV) ± 2.3% 56% 41% 1%[d] 2%
Emerson College[53] October 19–21, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 53% 40% 2%[e] 5%
54% 42% 4%[f]
Fabrizo, Lee & Associates (R)[54][A] October 10–13, 2022 1,200 (LV) ± 2.8% 49% 44% 7%
Western New England University[55] September 15–21, 2022 766 (RV) ± 3.2% 51% 37% 2%[g] 10%
626 (LV) ± 4.8% 53% 40% 2%[h] 5%
Quinnipiac University[52] September 15–19, 2022 1,911 (LV) ± 2.2% 57% 40% 1%[i] 3%
Emerson College[56] September 7–9, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 49% 36% 15%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[57] July 26–27, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 45% 33% 22%
Emerson College[56] May 10–11, 2022 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 52% 36% 11%
Hypothetical polling

Richard Blumenthal vs. Themis Klarides

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Richard
Blumenthal (D)
Themis
Klarides (R)
Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[57] July 26–27, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 45% 34% 21%
Emerson College[56] May 10–11, 2022 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 50% 40% 10%

Richard Blumenthal vs. Peter Lumaj

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Richard
Blumenthal (D)
Peter
Lumaj (R)
Undecided
Emerson College[56] May 10–11, 2022 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 51% 35% 14%

Richard Blumenthal vs. generic opponent

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Richard
Blumenthal (D)
Generic
Opponent
Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[57] July 26–27, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 41% 47% 12%

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Generic
Democrat
Generic
Republican
Other Undecided
Fabrizo Lee (R)[58][A] October 10–13, 2022 1,200 (LV) 45% 43% 1%[j] 11%

Debates

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2022 United States Senate general election in Connecticut debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Richard Blumenthal Leora Levy
1 Nov. 2, 2022 Channel 3, CT Insider [59] P P

Results

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2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Blumenthal 701,175 55.65% −2.03%
Working Families Richard Blumenthal 22,689 1.80% −3.71%
Total Richard Blumenthal (incumbent) 723,864 57.45% -5.74%
Republican Leora Levy 535,943 42.54% +7.92%
Write-in 80 0.00% ±0.0%
Total votes 1,259,887 100.00%
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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By congressional district

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Blumenthal won all 5 congressional districts.[61]

District Blumenthal Levy Representative
1st 63% 37% John B. Larson
2nd 55% 45% Joe Courtney
3rd 58% 42% Rosa DeLauro
4th 61% 39% Jim Himes
5th 52% 48% Jahana Hayes

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ^ a b c d e Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ "Not planning to vote" with 5%; "Another candidate" with 4%
  4. ^ "Refused" with 1%
  5. ^ "Someone else" with 2%
  6. ^ "Someone else" with 4%
  7. ^ "Refused" with 2%
  8. ^ "Refused" with 2%
  9. ^ "Refused" with 1%
  10. ^ "Refused" with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by The Connecticut Examiner.

References

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  53. ^ Emerson College
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