1970 United States Senate election in Connecticut

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1970

November 3, 1970

Nominee Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Joseph D. Duffey Thomas J. Dodd Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 454,721 368,111 266,497 Percentage 41.74% 33.79% 24.46%

County results

U.S. senator before election Thomas J. Dodd Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Republican

The United States Senate election of 1970 in Connecticut was held on November 3, 1970. Republican Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. defeated Democratic candidate Joseph Duffey and incumbent Thomas J. Dodd who ran this time, as an independent. Dodd entered the race at the last minute and split the Democratic vote, allowing Weicker to win with only 42% of the vote.

Results

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	454,721	41.74%
	Democratic	Joseph Duffey	368,111	33.79%
	Independent	Thomas J. Dodd	266,497	24.46%
Majority			86,610	7.95%
Turnout			1,089,329
	Swing to Republican from Democratic		Swing