United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010

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The United States Senate election in Connecticut in 2010 was a high-profile race to fill the seat of retiring Senator Chris Dodd, ultimately won by Democrat Richard Blumenthal over Republican Linda McMahon.

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instanceOf 2010 election
United States Senate election
afterElectionSenator Richard Blumenthal
afterElectionSenatorParty Democratic Party
beforeElectionSenator Chris Dodd
linked to: Christopher Dodd
beforeElectionSenatorParty Democratic Party
campaignCharacteristic high-profile race
open seat election
candidate John Mertens
Linda McMahon
Merrick Alpert
Peter Schiff
Richard Blumenthal
Rob Simmons
Warren Mosler
country United States
democraticNominee Richard Blumenthal
democraticPrimaryCandidate Merrick Alpert
Richard Blumenthal
electedSenator Richard Blumenthal
electedSenatorTermEnd January 2017
electedSenatorTermLength 6 years
electedSenatorTermStart January 2011
electedSenatorTookOfficeOn 2011-01-05
electionDate 2010-11-02
electionType general election
hasPrimaryElection Democratic primary
Republican primary
independentCandidate John Mertens
Warren Mosler
locatedIn Connecticut
loser Linda McMahon
loserParty Republican Party
notableCandidateBackground Linda McMahon was former WWE CEO
linked to: Linda McMahon

Richard Blumenthal was Connecticut Attorney General
linked to: Richard Blumenthal
officeContested United States Senate seat from Connecticut
partOf United States Senate elections, 2010
United States midterm elections, 2010
previousHolder Chris Dodd
linked to: Christopher Dodd
previousHolderParty Democratic Party
reasonForOpenSeat retirement of Chris Dodd
republicanNominee Linda McMahon
republicanPrimaryCandidate Linda McMahon
Peter Schiff
Rob Simmons
seatClass Class III United States Senate seat from Connecticut
winner Richard Blumenthal
winnerParty Democratic Party

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Richard Blumenthal officeContested United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010
United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016 previousElection United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010