1998 United States Senate election in Connecticut

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Connecticut 2004 November 3, 1998 150x150px Christopher Dodd official portrait 2-cropped.jpg Chris Dodd Democratic Party (United States) 628,306 65.15% Gary A. Franks.jpg Gary Franks Republican Party (United States) 312,177 32.39% 220px County results 220px Municipality results 220px Congressional district results Dodd: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Franks: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator Chris Dodd Democratic Party (United States) Chris Dodd Democratic Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held November 3, 1998. Democratic incumbent Chris Dodd was re-elected to a fourth term over former Republican congressman Gary Franks. General election Candidate Chris Dodd, incumbent U.S. senator since 1981 (Democratic) Gary Franks, former U.S. representative from Waterbury (Republican) Lois A. Grasso (Independent) William Kozak (Concerned Citizens) Wildey J. Moore (Libertarian) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error ChrisDodd (D) GaryFranks (R) UndecidedQuinnipiac University Polling InstituteFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Connecticut 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CT/polls/CT98S.html CNN 17 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250617040500/https://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CT/polls/CT98S.html 17 June 2025 liveOctober 28 – November 1, 1998491 (LV)± 4.0%64%27%9%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 26–27, 1998633 (LV)± 4.0%60%32%8%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteOctober 13–19, 1998683 (LV)± 3.8%61%29%10%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 9–12, 1998629 (LV)± 4.0%55%31%14%University of ConnecticutPoll sponsored by the Hartford CourantOctober 6–11, 1998502 (A)± 4.3%60%20%20%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteSeptember 23–28, 1998526 (LV)± 4.3%54%34%12%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteJune 16–22, 19981,088 (RV)± 3.0%62%23%15%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteMarch 24–30, 19981,014 (RV)± 3.0%60%24%16%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteFebruary 10–16, 19981,303 (RV)± 2.7%59%27%14% Results Connecticut Senate election 1998 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Chris Dodd (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 628,306 65.15% Gary Franks Republican Party (United States) 312,177 32.39% William Kozak Concerned Citizens Party 12,261 1.27% Lois A. Grasso Independent 6,517 0.68% Wildey J. Moore Libertarian Party (United States) 5,196 0.54% 964,457 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) By congressional district Dodd won all six congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1998sovpdf.pdf?rev=5a8602d982ac4a2989a96484ed16f92f&hash=ECDC12D606B6C2611B6B2AF6ABF2C5B0 Statement of Vote Secretary of the State of Connecticut August 26, 2025 live https://web.archive.org/web/20250320011107/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1998sovpdf.pdf?rev=5a8602d982ac4a2989a96484ed16f92f&hash=ECDC12D606B6C2611B6B2AF6ABF2C5B0 March 20, 2025 District Dodd Franks RepresentativeConnecticut 1 1st71%26%Barbara Kennelly (105th Congress)John Larson (106th Congress)Connecticut 2 2nd 68% 31%Sam GejdensonConnecticut 3 3rd 69% 28%Rosa DeLauroConnecticut 4 4th 61% 37%Chris ShaysConnecticut 5 5th 59% 38%James MaloneyConnecticut 6 6th 62% 35%Nancy Johnson See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes Partisan clients References United States Senate 1998 Connecticut Category:Chris Dodd