Jr. Lowell P. Weicker won with 50.4% of the vote (545,987 votes), ahead of Anthony Toby Moffett with 46.1% (499,146 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 4.3 percentage points (46,841 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 4.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 17.8 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,083,508 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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