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Turnout | 63.58% | |||||||||||||||||||
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Murphy: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Corey: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.