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United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988

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688,499
  
677,903

Start date
  
November 8, 1988

49.8%
  
49.0%

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Winner
  
Joe Lieberman

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, the Connecticut Attorney General and eventual 2000 nominee for Vice President of the United States who would remain in office until 2013, when he eventually retired.

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Democratic

  • Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Attorney General
  • Republican

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

    United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988 Wikipedia