Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Gerard Smith

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. Senate · Connecticut
Filing address
Beacon Falls, CT (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SMITH, GERARD
Next election
Primary August 13, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Connecticut with the whole state highlighted

Connecticut

RepublicanU.S. Senate · ConnecticutChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID S4CT00179 · Principal campaign committee: GERRY SMITH FOR SENATE

Total raised$68,292.58
Total spent$68,292.58
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through September 5, 2024, 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: $66,258.89PACs and other committees: $500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,532.69
  • Individual contributions$66,258.8997%
  • PACs and other committees$500.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,532.692%

Self-funding: $1.00 (0% of money raised): $1.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

The race

Connecticut U.S. Senate, 2024 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Gerard Smith (R)$68,292.58$0.002024-09-05
Christopher S Murphy (D)$12,786,118.05$5,526,774.862024-12-31
Matthew McKinnon Corey (R)$257,655.82$7,217.402024-12-31
Justin Cobb Paglino (G)$17,849.65$550.152024-12-31
Robert Finley Hyde (R)$1,744.75$0.002024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
MassINC Polling GroupSeptember 12–18, 2024800 (LV)± 3.7%Chris Murphy 51% · Matthew Corey 35%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: GERRY SMITH FOR SENATE.
  • 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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