Danbury's Boughton Leads Ahead Of Republican Primary​

DANBURY, CT -- With less than four weeks to go until Connecticut Republicans vote to select their nominee for Governor, a new poll shows Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton leading the primary field.

An on-line survey of Connecticut Republicans showed Boughton receiving the support of 34.3 percent of Republicans giving him a double-digit lead over business executive Bob Stefanowski (20 percent), former hedge fund manager David Stemerman (14.6), former Trumbull first selectman Tim Herbst (14.5) and technology entrepreneur Steve Obsitnik (11.6).

“There is good news and bad news for Mark Boughton in the survey results released today” stated Matt Hennessy the Managing Director of Tremont Public Advisors, who conducted the poll. “The good news is that Boughton has held on to his front-runner status coming out of the May Republican Convention even in the face of being considerably outspent by his rivals for the nomination. The bad news for Boughton is that two of his rivals who remain within striking distance of his lead have the capability to pour millions of dollars into their campaigns over the next couple of weeks potentially eliminating his lead.”

Tremont Public Advisors is a federal lobbying firm with offices in Hartford and Washington, D.C.

The single-question survey of 1,006 self-identified Connecticut Republican voters was conducted between July 18-20, 2018. The poll population consisted of Connecticut internet users viewing content on a network of web publisher sites on both mobile and desktop devices ,and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.

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