2008 Connecticut U.S. House District 5 Election
Who won the 2008 Connecticut U.S. House District 5 Election?
Christopher S. Murphy won the 2008 Connecticut U.S. House District 5 Election. Christopher S. Murphy received 179,327 popular votes (53.25%). The main challenger was David J. Cappiello (38.96%).
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Murphy +14.3 pts · won by 61,413 votes
179,327 votes
117,914 votes
3,082 votes
2,324 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 6.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).