CONNECTICUT
      Nov. 8, 2016 U.S. Senate

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+Richard Blumenthal (D) i
 1,008,714
 63.19%
Dan Carter (R)
 552,621
 34.62%
Richard Lion (L) 18,190
 1.14%
Jeff Russell (G) 16,713
 1.05%
write-ins (2)
 38

1,596,276
Registered Voters: 2,178,169.  Voters Checked: 1,675,934.
Plurality: 456,093 votes (28.57 percentage points).
 CT Secretary of State



Notes:  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) had little difficulty winning a second term over state Rep. Dan Carter (R-Bethel).  Blumenthal and Carter met for one debate on Oct. 23 at WFSB in Rocky Hill (>).  For 2015-16 the Blumenthal campaign reported disbursements of $5.1 million compared to $375,975 for the Carter campaign (>). 


Campaign Managers:
Richard Blumenthal:  Conor Hurley
(Dec. 2015) Campaign manager on Luke Bronin for Mayor of Hartford, defeating the incumbent, Apr.-Nov. 2015.  Executive director of the South Carolina Democratic Party, Mar. 2014-Jan. 2015.  Director of campaign strategy for ESP Media Productions (FL), Oct. 2013-Mar. 2014.  Campaign manager on Andrew Gillum for Mayor of Tallahassee, Apr. 2013-Mar. 2014.  Policy coordinator (Apr.-Oct. 2013) and policy associate (Sept. 2011-Mar. 2013) for the Young Elected Officials Network (FL).  Campaign manager on Andrew Gillum for Tallahassee, Nov. 2011-Sept. 2012.  North Florida political director (Apr.-Nov. 2010) and North Florida lead organizer (Aug. 2009-Apr. 2010) on Kendrick Meek for Florida.  Field organizer on Mark Schauer for Congress, June-Nov. 2008.  B.S. in political science from Arizona State University, 2013; started out studying political science at Bates College.

Dan Carter:  ?



See also: Russell Blair.  "Blumenthal Spends Big On TV Ads As His Opponent Watches," Hartford Courant, Oct. 3, 2016.




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