1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut
The 1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Democrat Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut Attorney General and eventual 2000 nominee for Vice President of the United States, who would remain in office until 2013.
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 County results Lieberman: 50–60% Weicker: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Joe Lieberman | 688,499 | 49.8% | |
| Republican | Lowell Weicker (incumbent) | 677,903 | 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 | 100.0% | ||
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See also
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