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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Connecticut

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (Republican) beat Anthony Toby Moffett (Democrat) in Connecticut in 1982, 50.4% to 46.1%, a margin of 4.3 points and 46,841 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1976, when Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. also won.

Republicans led in 5 of the 8 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Hartford, cast 296,001 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.9 points. The closest was New Haven, where 905 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. won Republican 545,987 50.4%
Anthony Toby Moffett Democratic 499,146 46.1%
All other candidates 38,375 3.5%
Total1,083,508

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hartford 146,009 49.3% 140,521 47.5% 9,471 296,001 D+1.9
Fairfield 106,890 40.0% 147,999 55.4% 12,114 267,003 R+15.4
New Haven 128,632 48.6% 127,727 48.3% 8,083 264,442 D+0.3
New London 33,402 45.2% 37,981 51.4% 2,548 73,931 R+6.2
Litchfield 28,695 46.4% 31,222 50.5% 1,958 61,875 R+4.1
Middlesex 22,583 44.6% 26,483 52.3% 1,615 50,681 R+7.7
Tolland 17,698 44.8% 20,246 51.2% 1,589 39,533 R+6.4
Windham 15,237 50.7% 13,808 46.0% 997 30,042 D+4.8

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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