Bridgeport Presidential Primary Results: Who Did Residents Vote For?

Written by BRIAN MCCREADY (Patch Staff)

BRIDGEPORT, CT - On Tuesday night, Connecticut moved the country closer to a general election matchup of Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton.

Trump rolled to victory in Connecticut receiving 109,081 or 58.27 percent of the vote, followed by John Kasich, 52,485 and Ted Cruz, 21,841.

Ben Carson still received 1,512 votes and 2,286 people voted but didn’t actually pick a person, according to the unofficial results from the office of the Secretary of State.

On the Democratic side, the race was much closer with Sanders enjoying a slight lead for most of the night until Clinton caught up and surpassed him just after 10:30 p.m.

Hillary Clinton secured 141,298 votes or 51.03 percent of the vote to Sanders 130,569 votes or 47.15 percent of the vote. More than 4,000 people didn’t pick a candidate on the Democratic side.

In Bridgeport, Clinton defeated Sanders 7,278 to 3,756. On the Republican side, Trump cruised to victory with 694 votes, compared to Kasich's 251 and 215 for Cruz.

Overall, Trump swept all five primary states Tuesday - Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island - while Clinton won four of five contests only dropping Rhode Island.

Despite the set-back, Sanders vowed to continue until the end.

For related election coverage see:

• Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Win Connecticut Primary
• Connecticut Republican Primary 2016: Trump Wins, Says He Will Beat Clinton 'So Easily'
• Connecticut Presidential Primary 2016 Results: Hillary Clinton Beats Bernie Sanders

Patch Editor Alfred Branch contributed to this report.

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