Richard Blumenthal is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut, a role he has held since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, defeating Republican nominee Linda McMahon with 55% of the vote. He became Connecticut's senior senator in 2013 and was reelected in 2016 and 2022.

Prior to his time in the Senate, Blumenthal served as the 23rd Connecticut Attorney General for 20 years, from 1990 to 2010.