Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Richard Blumenthal

Official portrait of Richard Blumenthal
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Connecticut (class 3)
Party
Democrat
Born
1946
In Congress
Senate since 2011 · 15 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
Next election
Primary August 9, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Connecticut with the whole state highlighted

Connecticut

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. Senate · ConnecticutIncumbentWon the general election (55.65%)

FEC candidate ID S0CT00177 · Principal campaign committee: BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Connecticut$771,465.29Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · Connecticut$7,272,349.12Won the general election (55.65%)
Total raised$7,272,349.12
Total spent$9,926,503.73
Cash on hand$1,249,888.76
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $3,730,342.83PACs and other committees: $1,299,022.89Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,265.70Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,076,893.39Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $164,824.31
  • Individual contributions$3,730,342.8351%
  • PACs and other committees$1,299,022.8918%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,265.700%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,076,893.3929%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$164,824.312%

Self-funding: $1,265.70 (0% of money raised): $1,265.70 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

263 committees reported giving $1,149,697.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Richard Blumenthal$41.93
  • Independent expenditures opposing Richard Blumenthal$3,264,957.83
  • Company and union communications to members about Richard Blumenthal$1,398.93

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Connecticut U.S. Senate, 2022 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Richard Blumenthal (D)$7,272,349.12$1,249,888.762022-12-31
Leora Levy (R)$3,075,949.62$43,772.512022-12-31
Themis Klarides (R)$1,138,366.99$0.002022-12-31
Pjerin (peter) Lumaj (R)$599,929.23$0.002022-12-31
Robert Finley Hyde (R)$35,563.17$2,130.862022-12-31
John J Flynn (R)$18,536.53$9,183.192022-04-17
Kristi L Talmadge (UN)$100.00$0.002022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Richard Blumenthal 52.9% · Leora Levy 41.4% (Blumenthal +11.5). Averages listed on Wikipedia from Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight, 270towin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Long Island UniversityOctober 24–26, 20221,004 (A)± 3.0%Richard Blumenthal 51% · Leora Levy 26%
Quinnipiac UniversityOctober 19–23, 20221,879 (LV)± 2.3%Richard Blumenthal 56% · Leora Levy 41%
Emerson CollegeOctober 19–21, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%Richard Blumenthal 53% · Leora Levy 40%
Fabrizo, Lee & Associates (R)October 10–13, 20221,200 (LV)± 2.8%Richard Blumenthal 49% · Leora Levy 44%
Western New England UniversitySeptember 15–21, 2022766 (RV)± 3.2%Richard Blumenthal 51% · Leora Levy 37%
626 (LV)± 4.8%53%40%Richard Blumenthal 2% · Leora Levy 5%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: BLUMENTHAL FOR CONNECTICUT.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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