Richard Blumenthal won with 63.2% of the vote (1,008,714 votes), ahead of Dan Carter with 34.6% (552,621 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 28.6 percentage points (456,093 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 28.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 16.8 points toward Democrats.
1,596,276 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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