Jeffery Russell

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Jeffery Russell

Green Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 6, 2018

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Jeffery Russell (Green Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Connecticut. Russell lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Russell was an unsuccessful 2016 Green Party candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Connecticut.

Russell was a 2014 Green Party candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Connecticut. Jeffery Russell lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Russell was a 2012 Green candidate for District 1 of the Connecticut State Senate.

Elections

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Connecticut

Incumbent Christopher S. Murphy defeated Matthew Corey, Richard Lion, and Jeffery Russell in the general election for U.S. Senate Connecticut on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christopher S. Murphy (D)	59.5	825,579
		Matthew Corey (R)	39.3	545,717
		Richard Lion (L)	0.6	8,838
		Jeffery Russell (G)	0.5	6,618
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	88

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut

Incumbent Christopher S. Murphy advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Christopher S. Murphy

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ann-Marie Adams (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut

Matthew Corey defeated Dominic Rapini in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matthew Corey	76.5	99,899
		Dominic Rapini	23.5	30,624

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 130,523
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2016

See also: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Connecticut's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Richard Blumenthal (D) defeated Dan Carter (R), Richard Lion (L), Jeffery David Russell (G), and John Price (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary election in August. Carter defeated August Wolf at the Republican convention. Blumenthal won re-election in the November 8 election.

U.S. Senate, Connecticut General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Richard Blumenthal Incumbent	63.2%	1,008,714
	Republican	Dan Carter	34.6%	552,621
	Libertarian	Richard Lion	1.1%	18,190
	Green	Jeffery Russell	1%	16,713
	N/A	Write-in	0%	38
Total Votes				1,596,276
Source: Connecticut Secretary of State

2014

See also: Connecticut's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Russell ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Connecticut's 1st District. He was defeated by incumbent John Larson (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Connecticut District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Larson Incumbent	61.4%	135,825
	Republican	Matthew Corey	37.1%	82,056
	Green	Jeffery Russell	1.6%	3,447
Total Votes				221,328
Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State

2012

See also: Connecticut State Senate elections, 2012

Russell ran in the 2012 election for Connecticut State Senate District 1. He was defeated by incumbent John Fonfara (D) and also faced Barbara Ruhe (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Connecticut State Senate, District 1, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Fonfara Incumbent	80.7%	20,648
	Republican	Barbara Ruhe	17.4%	4,447
	Green	Jeffery Russell	1.9%	488
Total Votes				25,583

Campaign themes

2018

Russell’s campaign website stated the following:

“	Energy That means the Dakota Access Pipeline will have little or no oil to transport a very short time after it is completed. Therefore, completing this pipeline makes little or no sense at all. Government Reform If you want real change on Election Day, there are three things you can't do: you cannot vote for Republicans, and you cannot vote for Democrats, and YOU CAN'T STAY HOME! Pipelines I Stand with Standing Rock. We cannot keep putting more fossil carbon into the atmosphere. The future has no place for DAPL or Atlantic Bridge or any other pipeline project. Military I have been saying 'peace is less expensive' for the better part of this century. Peace has no innocent lives lost, then dismissed as 'Collateral Damage.' Climate Change The unprecedented changes we, the human species, have made in our atmosphere are warming the planet to an alarming degree. Foreign Policy I have been saying 'peace is less expensive' for the better part of this century. Peace has no innocent lives lost, then dismissed as 'Collateral Damage.' Peace has no destroyed infrastructure. Energy Efficiency I had the thought that this was an attempt to build the Keystone XL one piece at a time. That the underlying intention has always been to transport tar sands oil. Diplomacy Peace does not push people who have been living in a modern society into a level of technology of bygone centuries. Peace has an exponentially smaller carbon footprint.	”
—Jeffery Russell’s campaign website (2018)

See also

• United States Senate
• United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018
• United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016
• United States House of Representatives
• Connecticut's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
• Connecticut's 1st Congressional District

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Footnotes

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Connecticut's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Richard Blumenthal (D)

Christopher Murphy (D)

Representatives

District 1

John Larson (D)

District 2

Joe Courtney (D)

District 3

Rosa DeLauro (D)

District 4

Jim Himes (D)

District 5

Jahana Hayes (D)

Democratic Party (7)