Cheshire Election 2016 Results: Suzio Declares Upset Victory, Other Races Decided

CHESHIRE, CT — Republican challenger Len Suzio apparently won back the 13th District State Senate seat he lost to Democratic incumbent Danté Bartolomeo in 2012 with an upset victory on Tuesday.

Suzio declared himself the winner, however, Bartolomeo wasn’t ready to concede, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.
The Middletown Press reports unofficial numbers had Suzio leading with 19,488 votes to Bartolomeo’s 18,513.

In other races, incumbent Republican Joe Markley won re-election in the 16th Senatorial District by defeating Democratic challenger Ryan P. Rogers.

In the 103rd State House District, Democrat Liz Linehan defeated Republican Andrew Falvey in a tight vote, 5,356 to 5,240, according to the New Haven Register.

Republican Craig Fishbein defeated Democrat Patrick Reynolds in the 90th State House District for the seat of longtime Democratic legislator Mary Fritz, who passed away in July.

In the 89th State House District, two-term incumbent Republican Lezlye Zupkus ran unopposed.

CHESHIRE, CT — Cheshire residents will head to the polls on Nov. 8 for the 2016 midterm election. Polling places in Cheshire will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. On the ballot, registered voters in Cheshire will be able to select candidates for president and vice president, United States senator, representatives to U.S. Congress, state senator, state representative, registrar of voters and six referendum questions.

In Cheshire, Democrat Danté Bartolomeo is seeking a third term and faces Republican Len Suzio in the 13th Senatorial District.

Bartolomeo is currently Senate Co-Chair of both the legislature’s Committee on Children and the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, and is a member of the Appropriations and Education committees.

Suzio is a former state senator and currently is a member of the state’s Victim Advocate Advisory Board. He also served on the Meriden Board of Education for 14 years.

• To read about the U.S. Senate race in Connecticut and the five congressional races, see this related story: Connecticut Election 2016: What You Need to Know
  

In the 16th Senatorial District, incumbent Republican Joe Markley is being challenged by Democrat Ryan P. Rogers.

Markley was first elected as a state senator in 1984, lost his 1986 re-election bid and then returned to the senate in 2010.

Rogers is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and serves on Southington’s Zoning Board of Appeals.

In the 103rd State House District, Democrat Liz Linehan and Republican Andrew Falvey are facing off for the seat of incumbent Republican Al Adinolfi, who announced earlier this year that he wouldn’t seek re-election.

Linehan is currently a member of the Cheshire Town Council and Falvey is a former council member.

In the 90th State House District, Democrat Patrick Reynolds and Republican Craig Fishbein are vying for the seat of longtime Democratic legislator Mary Fritz, who passed away in July.

Reynolds is serving his third term on the Wallingford Board of Education, while Fishbein, a local attorney, is serving his fourth term on the Wallingford Town Council.

In the 89th State House District, two-term incumbent Republican Lezlye Zupkus is running unopposed. She serves on the legislature’s committees on Public Safety, Commerce and Human Services.

Democrat Thomas Smith and Republican Susan Pappas are the candidates for registrar of voters.

The candidates for president and vice president are Republicans Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, Libertarians Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka.

For United States Senate the candidates are Richard Blumenthal, Democrat, Dan Carter, Republican, Richard Lion, Libertarian, and Jeffrey Russell, Green Party.

For United States Congress, the choice is between Democratic incumbent Elizabeth Esty and Clay Cope, a Republican.

Voters in Cheshire will also be asked to vote on six referendum questions. Residents will be asked to vote Yes or No on the following questions:

• 1. Shall the $3,163,000 appropriation and bond authorization for upgrade and expansion of Town/Education public safety radio communication system be approved?
• 2. Shall the $635,000 appropriation and bond authorization for Replacement of 1990 Fire Truck Pumping Engine #3 be approved?
• 3. Shall the $1,650,000 appropriation and bond authorization for Road Repavement Program be approved?
• 4. Shall the $3,500,000 appropriation and bond authorization for West Johnson Avenue Pump Station Rehabilitation be approved?
• 5. Shall the $375,000 appropriation and bond authorization for Lavatory Improvements to Norton, Chapman and Darcey Schools be approved?
• 6. Shall the $275,000 appropriation and bond authorization for Window Replacements to Cheshire High School be approved?

For the explanatory text for the ballot questions, click here.

Click here to view the entire Cheshire sample ballot.

If you want to know where to vote on Election Day click this link which is from the CT Secretary of State’s Office.