2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut
Results
Table:
United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016 [24]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Democratic

Richard Blumenthal (incumbent)[a]

1,008,714

63.19%

+8.03%

Republican

Dan Carter

552,621

34.62%

−8.60%

Libertarian

Richard Lion

18,190

1.14%

N/A

Green

Jeffery Russell

16,713

1.05%

N/A

Independent

Andrew Rule (write-in)

26

0.00%

N/A

Independent

John M. Traceski (write-in)

12

0.00%

N/A

Total votes

'1,596,276'

'100.0%'

N/A

Democratic hold

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