Madison Dems, GOP Opt For Endorsed Candidates In Primary Election

Republican Paul Formica, Republican Linda McMahon, and Democrat Chris Murphy were declared the victors in the primary elections Tuesday evening in Madison town hall, after all votes were tallied.

Those results were consistent with unofficial results reported statewide in the Democrat and Republican primaries.

As expected, Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy will face off in November for the right to succeed incumbent U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, who has announced plans to retire.

With 77% of the precincts reporting at 10 p.m., McMahon was soundly defeating former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays with 76% of the vote. In Madison, 746 electors cast votes for McMahon, while Shays captured 369 votes.

Meanwhile, Murphy cruised by Bysiewicz, the Middletown native and former Secretary of the State, by a comfortable 66% to 34% margin. In Madison, Murphy won 477 votes, while Bysiewicz won 178 votes.

In the Second Congressional District, East Lyme restaurateur Paul Formica was running away with the Republican primary over Madison’s Daria Novak by about a 2-to-1 ratio, as of 9 p.m. and was declared the winner. In Madison, a total of 620 electors cast votes for Formica, while 420 voted in favor of Novak.

In the Fifth Congressional District, one of the most competitive in the state, Elizabeth Esty emerged on the Democratic side with a convincing 43% to 34% margin (as of 10 p.m.) over the embattled Chris Donovan, once considered the strong frontrunner before a campaign-finance scandal involving several members of his staff, and dark-horse Dan Roberti (23%).

Republicans in the Fifth District went down to the wire, with favorite Andrew Roraback pulling it out with 34% of the vote, followed by Mark Greenberg (28%), Lisa Wilson-Foley (19%) and Justin Bernier (19%) as of 10 p.m.

Here are the results from the Republican primary on Tuesday in Madison:

Dist. 1 Dist. 1 Dist. 1 Dist. 2 Dist. 2 Dist. 2 Grand In-Person Abs Total In-Person Abs Total Total U.S. Senator McMahon 406 35 441 292 13 305 746 Shays 234 14 248 114 7 121 369 U.S. Rep. in Congress Formica 377 25 402 207 11 218 620 Novak 227 20 247 165 8 173 420 Total Votes Cast 646 49 695 406 21 427 1,122 Total Electors on Roll 2,308 1,816 4,124 27.21 %

 

Here are the results from the Democratic primary on Tuesday in Madison:

Dist. 1 Dist. 1 Dist. 1 Dist. 2 Dist. 2 Dist. 2 Grand U.S. Senator In-Person
Abs Total In-Person
Abs Total Total Murphy 276 13 289 178 10 188 477 Bysiewicz 98 5 103 75 0 75 178 Total votes cast 374 18 392 253 10 263 655 Total electors 1,827 1,605 3,433 19.08 %