United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988

November 8, 1988

Nominee Joe Lieberman Lowell Weicker Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 688,499 677,903 Percentage 49.8% 49.0%

County results

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

Major candidates

Results

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1988

References