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Election 1950 Results

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1950 US Senate election in Connecticut

Brien McMahon (Democrat) beat Joseph A. Talbot (Republican) in Connecticut in 1950, 51.7% to 46.6%, a margin of 5.1 points and 44,593 votes.

William Benton (Democrat) beat Prescott S. Bush (Republican) in Connecticut in 1950, 49.2% to 49.1%, a margin of 0.1 points and 1,102 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Democratic hold continued from 1944, when Brien McMahon also won.

Democrats led in 6 of the 8 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, New Haven, cast 251,156 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.2 points. The closest was Middlesex, where 356 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Brien McMahon won	Democratic	453,646	51.7%
Joseph A. Talbot	Republican	409,053	46.6%
All other candidates		15,128	1.7%
Total		877,827

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William Benton won	Democratic	431,413	49.2%
Prescott S. Bush	Republican	430,311	49.1%
All other candidates		15,441	1.8%
Total		877,165

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
New Haven	133,166 53.0%	115,106 45.8%	2,884	251,156	D+7.2
Hartford	135,888 58.4%	95,125 40.9%	1,551	232,564	D+17.5
Fairfield	94,868 44.9%	106,835 50.5%	9,785	211,488	R+5.7
New London	29,567 52.0%	27,038 47.5%	279	56,884	D+4.4
Litchfield	19,594 42.0%	26,740 57.4%	289	46,623	R+15.3
Middlesex	16,152 50.4%	15,796 49.3%	92	32,040	D+1.1
Windham	14,925 51.9%	13,670 47.5%	160	28,755	D+4.4
Tolland	9,486 51.8%	8,743 47.7%	88	18,317	D+4.1

Counties as they stood in 1950; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Connecticut Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Christopher S. Murphy (D)	D+18.9
2022	Richard Blumenthal (D)	D+14.9
2018	Christopher S Murphy (D)	D+20.2
2016	Richard Blumenthal (D)	D+28.6
2012	Christopher S. Murphy (D)	D+11.8
2010	Richard Blumenthal (D)	D+11.9
2006	Joe Lieberman (other)
2004	Christopher J. Dodd (D)	D+34.2
2000	Joseph I. Lieberman (D)	D+29.0
1998	Christopher J. Dodd (D)	D+32.8
1994	Joseph I. Lieberman (D)	D+36.0
1992	Christopher J. Dodd (D)	D+20.7
1988	Joe Lieberman (D)	D+0.7
1986	Christopher J. Dodd (D)	D+29.9
1982	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R)	R+4.3
1980	Christopher J. Dodd (D)	D+13.4
1976	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R)	R+16.5
1974	Abraham Ribicoff (D)	D+29.4
1970	Lowell Weicker (R)	R+8.0
1968	Abraham Ribicoff (D)	D+8.6
1964	Thomas J. Dodd (D)	D+29.3
1962	Abraham Ribicoff (D)	D+2.5
1958	Thomas J. Dodd (D)	D+14.9
1956	Prescott S. Bush (R)	R+11.8
1952	William A. Purtell (R)	R+8.1
1950	Brien McMahon (D)	D+5.1
1946	Raymond Baldwin (R)	R+15.4
1944	Brien McMahon (D)	D+4.7
1940	Francis T. Maloney (D)	D+7.5
1938	John A. Danaher (R)	R+2.9
1934	Francis T. Maloney (D)	D+3.5
1932	Augustine Lonergan (D)	D+0.7
1928	Frederic C. Walcott (R)	R+8.3
1926	Hiram Bingham (R)	R+27.7
1922	George P. McLean (R)	R+6.9
1920	Frank B. Brandegee (R)	R+23.3
1916	George P. McLean (R)	R+3.9
1914	Frank B. Brandegee (R)	R+7.7