Election Name: | 1992 United States Senate election in Connecticut |
Country: | Connecticut |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1986 United States Senate election in Connecticut |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1998 United States Senate election in Connecticut |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1992 |
Nominee1: | Chris Dodd |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 882,569 |
Percentage1: | 58.81% |
Nominee2: | Brook Johnson |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 572,036 |
Percentage2: | 38.12% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Chris Dodd |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Chris Dodd |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1992 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1992, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in 34 other states, as well as with a presidential election and elections to the United States House of Representatives in all 50 states. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd won re-election for a third term.
Johnson, a millionaire businessman who had never run for public office before, spent about $900,000 during the primary campaign. His television and radio commercials said that he would bring "a dose of success Washington needs." Dodd had $2 million cash on hand following the primaries.[1]