Connecticut Governor's Race Results: Voters Take to the Polls

Check here for live updates on Election Day beyond Darien.

By Rich Scinto and David Gurliacci, patch editors

Update 6:44 p.m.:

As of As of 5 p.m., Darien voter turnout was 4,988 voters, or 40.7 percent of those registered, the Darien Times reports. Back in 2010 at 5 p.m., turnout was higher, at 46.7 percent, according to the Times.

Original article:

Connecticut voters are going to the polls today in what is anticipated to be one of the closest gubernatorial elections in the country.

Incumbent Gov. Dannel Malloy is going into Election Day with a three percent lead over Republican challenger Tom Foley, according to the Quinnipiac University Poll. The FiveThirtyEight blog put Malloy’s chances of winning at 56 percent, which is still the closest gubernatorial race in the country; last week he had a 50 percent chance of winning. Malloy is predicted to win by just .6 percent.

Malloy beat Foley by less than 6,500 votes in 2010.

The two candidates didn’t hold back during their last scheduled debate Monday on radio station 99.1 WPLR.

Related:

Foley Profile

Malloy Profile

Connecticut’s gubernatorial race has drawn both Democrat and Republican superstars to the state to stump for candidates. President Barack Obama appeared in Bridgeport on Sunday to help rally the base in the state’s most populous city.

First Lady Michelle Obama appeared in New Haven last week and Bill Clinton appeared in Hartford in mid-October.

Republicans brought in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie multiple times and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal also helped campaign for Foley.