1940 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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.

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)