United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016

November 8, 2016

Nominee Richard Blumenthal Dan Carter Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,008,714 552,621 Percentage 63.2% 34.6%

U.S. Senator before election Richard Blumenthal Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal Democratic

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The 2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Connecticut, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal won re-election to a second term in office. Party primaries were held on August 9.^[1]

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Declared

• Richard Blumenthal, incumbent U.S. Senator^[1]

Republican candidates

Declared

• Dan Carter, State Representative^[2][3]

Withdrew at convention

• Jack Orchulli, CEO and co-founder of a Michael Kors apparel company and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2004^[4]

Failed to Qualify

• August Wolf, investment executive and former Olympic athlete^[5][6]

Declined

• Larry Kudlow, economist, television personality and columnist^{[7][8][9][10]}
• Linda McMahon, businesswoman, former CEO of WWE, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2012^[5][11]
• Rob Simmons, Stonington First Selectman, former U.S. Representative and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010^[12]
• Joe Visconti, former West Hartford Town Councilor, nominee for CT-01 in 2008 and Independent candidate for Governor in 2014^[13]
• David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2014^[14]

Republican convention

The Republican state convention was held on May 9, 2016, at the Connecticut Convention Center to select candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. State Representative Dan Carter received the nomination with 76.7% of the delegate vote. Neither Jack Orchulli nor August Wolf received the necessary 15% of the delegate vote necessary to be granted an automatic primary on August 9, 2016.^[15] In the first round of voting, August Wolf received 179 delegate votes, equalling 15.1% and qualifying for a primary. However, before balloting closed, Jack Orchulli dropped from the race and publicly endorsed Dan Carter, urging his candidates to switch their votes. During the vote switching, an additional 56 delegates that had voted for Wolf also switched their vote, dropping him well below the 15% threshold^[16]

On May 11, 2016, Wolf announced an attempt to force a primary by collecting the signatures of 8,079 registered Republicans by June 7.^[17] However, on June 21, 2016, it was announced that Wolf failed to reach the required signature threshold to force a primary, and he conceded the Republican nomination to Dan Carter as a result.^[18]

Convention results

Endorsements

General election

Debates

Predictions

Polling

Results

References

External links

Official campaign websites

• Richard Blumenthal (D) for Senate
• Dan Carter (R) for Senate