United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1980

November 4, 1980

U.S. Senator before election

Abraham Ribicoff
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Dodd
Democratic

The 1980 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1980, alongside other elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff decided to retire. Democrat Chris Dodd won the open seat.

Major candidates

Connecticut United States Senate election, 1986^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Christopher Dodd	763,969	56.3
Republican	James Buckley	581,884	42.9
Libertarian	Jerry Brennan	5,336	0.4
Concerned Citizens	Andrew J. Zemel	4,772	0.4

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