United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1982

November 2, 1982



Nominee	Lowell Weicker	Toby Moffett
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	545,987	499,146
Percentage	50.4%	46.1%

U.S. Senator before election

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

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The 1982 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. won re-election to a third term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Toby Moffett, U.S. Representative from Connecticut's 6th congressional district since 1975

Republican

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lowell Weicker (inc.)	545,987	50.4%
	Democratic	Toby Moffett	499,146	46.1%
	Conservative	Lucien DiFazio	30,212	2.8%
	Libertarian	James Lewis	8,163	0.8%

References

↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3782

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