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1988-11-08 Senatorial Election Results for Connecticut (Class 1)


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Runoff Election: No Yes
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County Turnout Joseph Lieberman
(D)		 Lowell Weicker*
(R)		 Howard Grayson
(Libertarian)		 Melissa Fisher
(New Alliance)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Fairfield56%157,91744.6%191,45254.1%3,4561.0%1,1320.3%00.0%-33,535 353,957
Hartford56%189,69252.0%171,32447.0%2,7660.8%9400.3%00.0%18,368 364,722
Litchfield60%38,40049.6%38,18449.3%6470.8%2080.3%00.0%216 77,439
Middlesex61%32,91249.6%32,75849.3%5200.8%2030.3%00.0%154 66,393
New Haven54%177,20154.1%146,14544.6%3,2181.0%8520.3%00.0%31,056 327,416
New London52%46,70347.3%50,79251.4%9370.9%4100.4%00.0%-4,089 98,842
Tolland56%26,44848.5%27,52550.4%4400.8%1530.3%00.0%-1,077 54,566
Windham54%19,22648.5%19,72349.8%4261.1%2560.6%00.0%-497 39,631
TOTAL 57% 688,49949.8% 678,45449.0% 12,4090.9% 4,1540.3% 100.0% 10,045 1,383,526
Total R vote: 678,454 (49.0%)      Total D vote: 688,499 (49.8%)      Total Other vote: 16,573 (1.2%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $2,570,779 $2,681,294 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $2,650,603 $2,781,538 $0 $0
Cash on Hand: $79,824 $52,517 $0 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $50,000 $11,000 $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $2,309,193 $1,472,343 $0 $0
Party Contributions: $29,966 $33,085 $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $178,566 $1,009,026 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $126 $9,260 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $2,670 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $126 $6,590 $0 $0
Net Spending: $2,570,905 $2,687,884 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/CT/1988



1988 Senate class 1, Fairfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Joseph Lieberman (D) 157,917 44.6%
Lowell Weicker* (R) 191,452 54.1%
Howard Grayson (Lbt) 3,456 1.0%
Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 1,132 0.3%
TOTAL 353,957
Turnout: 56%


1988 Senate class 1, Hartford County
CandidateVotesPct
Joseph Lieberman (D) 189,692 52.0%
Lowell Weicker* (R) 171,324 47.0%
Howard Grayson (Lbt) 2,766 0.8%
Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 940 0.3%
TOTAL 364,722
Turnout: 56%


1988 Senate class 1, Litchfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Joseph Lieberman (D) 38,400 49.6%
Lowell Weicker* (R) 38,184 49.3%
Howard Grayson (Lbt) 647 0.8%
Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 208 0.3%
TOTAL 77,439
Turnout: 60%


1988 Senate class 1, Middlesex County
CandidateVotesPct
Joseph Lieberman (D) 32,912 49.6%
Lowell Weicker* (R) 32,758 49.3%
Howard Grayson (Lbt) 520 0.8%
Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 203 0.3%
TOTAL 66,393
Turnout: 61%


1988 Senate class 1, New Haven County
CandidateVotesPct
Joseph Lieberman (D) 177,201 54.1%
Lowell Weicker* (R) 146,145 44.6%
Howard Grayson (Lbt) 3,218 1.0%
Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 852 0.3%
TOTAL 327,416
Turnout: 54%


1988 Senate class 1, New London County
CandidateVotesPct
Joseph Lieberman (D) 46,703 47.3%
Lowell Weicker* (R) 50,792 51.4%
Howard Grayson (Lbt) 937 0.9%
Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 410 0.4%
TOTAL 98,842
Turnout: 52%


1988 Senate class 1, Tolland County
CandidateVotesPct
Joseph Lieberman (D) 26,448 48.5%
Lowell Weicker* (R) 27,525 50.4%
Howard Grayson (Lbt) 440 0.8%
Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 153 0.3%
TOTAL 54,566
Turnout: 56%


1988 Senate class 1, Windham County
CandidateVotesPct
Joseph Lieberman (D) 19,226 48.5%
Lowell Weicker* (R) 19,723 49.8%
Howard Grayson (Lbt) 426 1.1%
Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 256 0.6%
TOTAL 39,631
Turnout: 54%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Joseph Lieberman
Total Disbursements: $2,570,779
Total Receipts: $2,650,603
Cash on Hand: $79,824
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $50,000
Individual Contributions: $2,309,193
Party Contributions: $29,966
Other Committee Contributions: $178,566
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $126
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $126
Net Spending: $2,570,905



Lowell Weicker*
Total Disbursements: $2,681,294
Total Receipts: $2,781,538
Cash on Hand: $52,517
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $11,000
Individual Contributions: $1,472,343
Party Contributions: $33,085
Other Committee Contributions: $1,009,026
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $9,260
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $2,670
Net Independent Expenditures: $6,590
Net Spending: $2,687,884



**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/CT/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Democrat primary