2022 Connecticut Senate Election
News coverage of the Connecticut Senate election. See the race between Richard Blumenthal, polling at 49%, and Leora Levy, polling at 35%. Richard Blumenthal has been the Senator from Connecticut since 2010. See their news, bias in the media coverage and more in our Connecticut election page. See other states and more information on our 2022 U.S. Senate page.
Top Connecticut Candidates
Democrat CandidateRichard Blumenthal Polls: 49% Sample: 4,000Percentage of News: 47%
News Diet Breakdown
Left: 74%
24%
Republican CandidateLeora Levy Polls: 35% Sample: 1,500Percentage of News: 53%
Coverage Breakdown
Coverage Breakdown is based on the number of articles published per candidate.
Richard Blumenthal
Leora Levy
Top 2022 Connecticut Senate Election News
Leora Levy · ConnecticutLeora Levy, former President Trump’s endorsed candidate in the Connecticut Senate race, is projected to have won the chance on Tuesday to face off against Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) this fall.See the Story
Trump-backed candidate wins Connecticut Senate primary
46% Center coverage: 22 sources
Europe · KyivSen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Richard Blumemthal met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday. Zelensyy expressed his gratitude for the United States’ military and humanitarian assistance while also asking the lawmakers to support his ask for modern air defense systems. To date, over 8.7 million people have fled Ukraine as refugees.See the Story
Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal Are In Kyiv
49% Center coverage: 8 sources
Republican Party · ConnecticutThemis Klarides is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Richard Blumenthal. Mr. Blumenthal's job approval rating has recently slipped below 50 percent. The Republican candidates for the seat are trying to portray Ms. Klaride as hewing to the left on reproductive rights.See the Story
Republicans to pick Senate candidate to challenge Blumenthal
67% Left coverage: 3 sources
Latest 2022 Connecticut Senate Election News
US & Canada · WashingtonGeorgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams says she will support President Biden if he decides to run for re-election in 2024. A CNN poll last month showed three in four Democrats do not want Biden as the 2024 Democratic party nominee. The mounting controversy has brought several Democrats to outright say they do not support him for the 2024 race.See the Story
Stacey Abrams on Biden 2024: ‘If he runs again, I’m there to support him’
50% Right coverage: 4 sources
Leora Levy · ConnecticutLeora Levy won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday. She will challenge Sen. Richard Blumenthal in November. The 65-year-old doesn't consider herself a politician but rather an outsider. She said she is motivated by family and history, and her love of dogs.See the Story
Who is Leora Levy? News 8 sits down with GOP nominee for US Senate in Connecticut
34% Center coverage: 3 sources
Terrorism · UkraineSenators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsay Graham visited Ukraine early July. On July 28, Senate unanimously passed a non-binding resolution calling on the Department of State to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. There are only four countries that are currently labeled state sponsors of terrorism by the US: North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Syria.See the Story
Russia has endured 80,000 casualties, US official says; oligarch's $90 million plane may be seized: Live updates
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Leora Levy · ConnecticutConnecticut GOP U.S. Senate candidate Leora Levy observed Senator Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) mockery of Americans expressing concern over Joe Biden’s creation of 87,000 new IRS Agents in his legislation that will increase taxes on middle-income Americans and do nothing to reduce inflation.“I think the IRS is going to target the highest-income Americans,” Blumenthal recently said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” dismissing current concerns over th…See the Story
Connecticut Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Leora Levy: Sen. Richard Blumenthal ‘Laughs Off’ Concern over Biden’s Creation of 87,000 New IRS Agents to Target Americans - The Ohio Star
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
Leora Levy · HartfordHard-right Trump clone Leora Levy defeated moderate Republican Themis Klarides for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination. About 90,000 voters turned out to select the Republican nominee, or 20% of the 497,981 registered GOP voters. The parties need to open up their primaries to everyone, says Susan Bigelow.See the Story
OP-ED | Lesson from Levy’s Win: Open Up the Primaries
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
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Leora LevyRuben Navarrette: I'm not a satanist, but I was called one on Twitter. He says Terry Schilling of the American Principles Project called him a "satanist" He says Schilling was reacting to his questioning of the veracity of Leora Levy, a GOP Senate candidate. He said Levy has signed onto a transphobic statement called the Big Family Pledge.See the Story
[Opinion] Susan Campbell (opinion): Does Leora Levy know she hasn’t been elected yet?
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Leora Levy · ConnecticutConnecticut GOP primary voters chose Leora Levy to run for U.S. Senate. Themis Klarides was the party's convention-endorsed candidate. CT GOP Chairman Ben Proto ignored questions about Donald Trump's influence on the GOP. Levy will be on the same ticket with gubernatorial nominee Bob Stefanowski.See the Story
PODCAST: What does Leora Levy's primary victory mean for the Connecticut GOP?
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Leora LevyBob Stefanowski received an endorsement from Donald Trump in 2018, but doesn’t plan to...See the Story
Leora Levy embraced Donald Trump. Bob Stefanowski is distancing himself. How will the Republicans campaign together this fall?
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Leora Levy · ConnecticutAug. 13—I am not enjoying the growing Trumpization of Connecticut Republicans the way I suspect most good Connecticut Democrats are. Surely, the decisive win by Trump-backed Leora Levy against the establishment candidate in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate was cause for popping champagne corks at the reelection campaign headquarters for Democratic incumbent Sen. Richard Blumenthal. ...See the Story
Sadly, Leora Levy helps Trump sink Connecticut Republicans
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Media Bias Breakdown
How is the media covering 2022 Connecticut Senate Election?2022 Connecticut Senate Election often has a balanced coverage.
Left: 32%
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