Boughton Goes Down to Defeat in Republican Primary

DANBURY, CT - Republican voters chose Madison businessman Bob Stefanowski as the party nominee in the November governor election, serving up a defeat to Danbury mayor Mark Boughton.

Stefanowski will face off against Democratic nominee Ned Lamont who also has roots as a businessman.

The Republican battle was hard fought with a close margin of victory for Stefanowski, who defeated GOP Party-endorsed candidate Danbury Boughton along with three others. Boughton and two others conceded to Stefanowski as of 10:40 p.m.

Stefanowski was most recently the CEO of DFC Global Corp. in London and Philadelphia. Prior to that he worked at several other businesses including a division chief executive officer position at General Electric from 1994 to 2007.

For more on how the regional primaries shook down, see Patch's complete area coverage.