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United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2022 (August 9 Republican primary)

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U.S. Senate, Connecticut
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: June 7, 2022
Primary: August 9, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent:
Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Connecticut
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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A Republican Party primary took place on August 9, 2022, in Connecticut to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 8, 2022.

Leora Levy advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 7, 2022
August 9, 2022
November 8, 2022


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Richard Blumenthal (Democrat), who was first elected in 2010.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate whom they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Connecticut utilizes a closed primary system, in which only registered party members may vote in a party's primary. However, Connecticut state law allows parties to decide whether unaffiliated voters can vote in their primary before each election.[1][2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Connecticut's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut

Leora Levy defeated Themis Klarides and Peter Lumaj in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leora Levy
Leora Levy
 
50.6
 
46,943
Image of Themis Klarides
Themis Klarides
 
40.0
 
37,072
Image of Peter Lumaj
Peter Lumaj
 
9.4
 
8,703

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 92,718
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

News and conflicts in this primary

This race was featured in The Heart of the Primaries, a newsletter capturing stories related to conflicts within each major party. Click here to read more about conflict in this and other 2022 Republican Senate primaries. Click here to subscribe to the newsletter.

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[4] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[5] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Themis Klarides Republican Party $1,138,367 $1,138,367 $0 As of December 31, 2022
Leora Levy Republican Party $3,075,950 $3,051,958 $43,773 As of December 31, 2022
Peter Lumaj Republican Party $599,929 $599,929 $0 As of December 31, 2022

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Connecticut in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Connecticut, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Connecticut U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party 2% of enrolled party members N/A 6/7/2022 Source
Connecticut U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 1% of votes cast for the office in the last election, or 7,500, whichever is less N/A 8/10/2022 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in Connecticut and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Connecticut, 2022
District Incumbent Party PVI
Connecticut's 1st John Larson Electiondot.png Democratic D+12
Connecticut's 2nd Joe Courtney Electiondot.png Democratic D+3
Connecticut's 3rd Rosa DeLauro Electiondot.png Democratic D+7
Connecticut's 4th Jim Himes Electiondot.png Democratic D+13
Connecticut's 5th Jahana Hayes Electiondot.png Democratic D+3


2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Connecticut[6]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Connecticut's 1st 63.3% 35.2%
Connecticut's 2nd 54.7% 43.3%
Connecticut's 3rd 59.2% 39.5%
Connecticut's 4th 64.8% 33.8%
Connecticut's 5th 54.6% 43.9%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 91.6% of Connecticuters lived in one of the state's six Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 5.1% lived in Litchfield County, the state's one Solid Republican county. Overall, Connecticut was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Connecticut following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

Connecticut presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 15 Democratic wins
  • 16 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R D R R R R R D D D R R R D D D R R R R R D D D D D D D D

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Connecticut

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Connecticut.

U.S. Senate election results in Connecticut
Race Winner Runner up
2018 59.5%Democratic Party 39.4%Republican Party
2016 63.2%Democratic Party 34.6%Republican Party
2012 54.8%Democratic Party 43.1%Republican Party
2010 55.1%Democratic Party 43.3%Republican Party
2006 49.7%Grey.png (Independent) 39.7%Democratic Party
Average 56.5 40.0

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Connecticut

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Connecticut.

Gubernatorial election results in Connecticut
Race Winner Runner up
2018 49.4%Democratic Party 46.2%Republican Party
2014 50.7%Democratic Party 48.2%Republican Party
2010 49.5%Democratic Party 49.0%Republican Party
2006 63.2%Republican Party 35.5%Democratic Party
2002 56.1%Republican Party 43.9%Democratic Party
Average 53.8 44.6

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Connecticut's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Connecticut, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 5 7
Republican 0 0 0
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 5 7

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Connecticut's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Connecticut, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Ned Lamont
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Susan Bysiewicz
Secretary of State Democratic Party Mark Kohler
Attorney General Democratic Party William Tong

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Connecticut General Assembly as of November 2022.

Connecticut State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 23
     Republican Party 13
     Vacancies 0
Total 36

Connecticut House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 97
     Republican Party 54
     Vacancies 0
Total 151

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Connecticut was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Connecticut Party Control: 1992-2022
Twelve years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Governor I I I R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Connecticut and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Connecticut
Connecticut United States
Population 3,574,097 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 4,842 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 75.9% 72.5%
Black/African American 10.7% 12.7%
Asian 4.5% 5.5%
Native American 0.3% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 5.2% 4.9%
Multiple 3.3% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 16.1% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 90.6% 88%
College graduation rate 39.3% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $78,444 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 9.9% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 23, 2024
  2. ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Major Party Nominating Procedures in States With Conventions," accessed July 23, 2024
  3. ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-431," accessed July 23, 2024
  4. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  5. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  6. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022


Connecticut's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Richard Blumenthal (D)
Christopher Murphy (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
Jim Himes (D)
District 5
Democratic Party (7)


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