1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut

1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut

November 8, 1988

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

County results Lieberman:      50–60% Weicker:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Lowell Weicker Republican Elected U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman Democratic

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 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

Democratic

• Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Attorney General

Republican

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

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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%
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1988