1950 Connecticut U.S. Senate Special
Who won the 1950 Connecticut U.S. Senate Special?
William Benton won the 1950 Connecticut U.S. Senate Special. William Benton received 431,413 popular votes (49.18%). The main challenger was Prescott Bush (49.06%).
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Benton +0.1 pts · won by 1,102 votes
431,413 votes
430,311 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.8% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for this U.S. Senate election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.