Official portrait of Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senate

Richard Blumenthal

U.S. Senator from Connecticut

Party
Democrat
In office since
January 5, 2011
Current term ends
January 3, 2029
Next election
November 2028
2026 election

This seat is next on the ballot in November 2028.

Committee assignments5
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsRanking Member
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services
    • Seapower
    • Airland
    • Personnel
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
    • Permanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsRanking Member
    • Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary
    • Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
    • Crime and Counterterrorism
    • Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights
    • Privacy, Technology, and the Law
  • United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Contact
Washington office
503 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

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