Election Name: | 1990 Connecticut Attorney General election |
Country: | Connecticut |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1986 Connecticut Attorney General election |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1994 Connecticut Attorney General election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1990 |
Nominee1: | Richard Blumenthal |
Party1: | Connecticut Democratic Party |
Popular Vote1: | 572,972 |
Percentage1: | 59.2% |
Nominee2: | E. Gaynor Brennan Jr. |
Party2: | Connecticut Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 395,289 |
Percentage2: | 40.8% |
Map Size: | 220px |
Attorney General | |
Before Election: | Clarine Nardi Riddle |
Before Party: | Connecticut Democratic Party |
After Election: | Richard Blumenthal |
After Party: | Connecticut Democratic Party |
The 1990 Connecticut Attorney General election took place on November 6, 1990, to elect the Attorney General of Connecticut. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Clarine Nardi Riddle was appointed by Governor William O'Neill to fill the remainder of the term to which Joe Lieberman had been elected in 1986. Lieberman resigned on January 3, 1989, following his election to the U.S. Senate. Riddle did not seek election to a full term.
Democratic nominee and state senator Richard Blumenthal defeated Republican nominee E. Gaynor Brennan Jr.