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The United States Senate election of 1940 in Connecticut was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic Senator Francis T. Maloney was re-elected to a second term in office. Maloney did not complete the term; he died in 1945. This was the first time that the Democrats were ever re-elected to the Senate from the state.
General election
Candidates
- Paul L. Cornell (Republican and Union)
- James A. Hutchin (Socialist Labor)
- Francis T. Maloney, incumbent Senator since 1935 (Democratic)
- Kenneth W. Thurlow (Socialist)
- Isadore Wofsy (Communist)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Francis T. Maloney (incumbent) | 416,740 | 53.15% |  4.74
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| Republican | Paul L. Cornell | 357,574 | 45.60% | 0.46
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| Union | Paul L. Cornell | 798 | 0.10% | N/A | |
| Total | Paul L. Cornell | 358,313 | 45.70% | N/A | |
| Socialist | Kenneth W. Thurlow | 6,557 | 0.84% |  5.10
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| Socialist Labor | James A. Hutchin | 1,343 | 0.17% | N/A | |
| Communist | Isadore Wofsy | 1,114 | 0.14% | 0.09
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| Total votes | 784,067 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
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