The 1992 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1992, alongside other elections to the

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in 34 other states, as well as with a

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and elections to the

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in all 50 states. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator

Christopher Dodd Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's histor ...

won re-election for a third term.

Major candidates

Democratic

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

* Brook Johnson, businessman *

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, state representative

Campaign

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.

Results

References

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