1938 Connecticut Attorney General election

1938 Connecticut Attorney General election

November 8, 1938
 
Nominee Francis A. Pallotti Charles J. McLaughlin Harry Schwartz
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Popular vote 270,023 248,477 102,857
Percentage 43.5% 40.0% 16.5%

Pallotti:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McLaughlin:      30-40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Schwartz:      40-50%

Attorney General before election

Charles J. McLaughlin (Acting)
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Francis A. Pallotti
Republican

The 1938 Connecticut Attorney General election was held on November 8, 1938, in order to elect the Attorney General of Connecticut. Republican nominee and former Secretary of the State of Connecticut Francis A. Pallotti defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent acting Attorney General Charles J. McLaughlin and Socialist nominee Harry Schwartz.