United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988

November 8, 1988



Nominee	Joe Lieberman	Lowell Weicker
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	688,499	678,454
Percentage	49.8%	49.0%

U.S. Senator before election

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Lieberman
Democratic

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The 1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Democrat Joe Lieberman.

Major candidates

Democratic

Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Attorney General

Republican

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Lieberman	688,499	49.8%
	Republican	Lowell Weicker (inc.)	678,454	49.0%
	Libertarian	Howard A. Grayson, Jr.	12,409	0.9%
	New Alliance	Melissa M. Fisher	4,154	0.3%
Total votes			1,379,362	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3463

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