United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1970

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1970

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Nominee Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Joseph D. Duffey Thomas J. Dodd Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 454,721 368,111 266,497 Percentage 41.74% 33.79% 24.46%
County results
U.S. Senator before election Thomas J. Dodd Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Republican

Thomas J. Dodd
Democratic

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

The United States Senate election of 1970 in Connecticut was held on November 3, 1970. Republican Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. defeated Democratic candidate Joseph Duffey and incumbent Thomas J. Dodd who ran this time, as an independent. Dodd entered the race at the last minute and split the Democratic vote, allowing Weicker to win with only 42% of the vote.

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