The 1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Democrat Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut Attorney General and eventual 2000 nominee for Vice President of the United States, who would remain in office until 2013. Both Weicker and Lieberman would go on to win state-wide elections as independents, in 1990 for governor and in 2006 for Senate respectively. General election Candidates Joe Lieberman (D), Connecticut Attorney General Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (R), incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971 Howard A. Grayson Jr. (L) Melissa M. Fisher (NAP) Results See also 1988 United States Senate elections References Connecticut 1988 United States Senate Joe Lieberman