Christopher J. Dodd won with 65.1% of the vote (628,306 votes), ahead of Gary Franks with 32.4% (312,177 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 32.8 percentage points (316,129 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 32.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.3 points toward Republicans.
964,457 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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