Middlefield: Here's What Will Be on Your Ballot on Election Day

Middlefield voters will head to the polls this Tuesday, Nov. 4, for the 2014 midterm election. There is no election for the U.S. Senate this year in Connecticut.

Polling Information

• Middlefield Community Center, 405 Main St.
• 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Regional and Statewide Races

Governor and lieutenant governor

• The candidates are Republicans Thomas Foley and Heather Somers (also on the Independent Party ballot line), Democrats Dannel Malloy and Nancy Wyman (also on the Working Families Party ballot line), while Joe Visconti and Chester Frank Harris are the petitioning candidates. (Search through Project Vote Smart’s information on these candidates from here.)

UPDATE: Visconti, independent candidate for governor, withdrew from the governor race and lent his support to Tom Foley, the Hartford Courant reports.

Representative in Congress (vote for one)

• Republican James Brown
• Democrat Rosa DeLauro
• You can search through Project Vote Smart’s information on these candidates from here.

State Senator (vote for one)

• Republican and Independent Party: Len Suzio
• Democrat and Working Families Party: Danté Bartolomeo

State Representative (vote for one)

• Republican Josh Broekstra
• Democrat: Emil “Buddy” Altobello

Secretary of the State

• Republican Peter Lumaj
• Incumbent Democrat Denise Merrill
• Green Party candidate S. Michael DeRosa

Treasurer

• Republican Timothy Herbst is running against Democrat Denise Nappier, the incumbent.

Comptroller

• Republican Sharon McLaughlin, Democrat Kevin Lembo and Green Party candidate Rolf Maurer are running.

Attorney General

• Republican Kie Westby and and Green Party candidate Stephen Fournier are challenging incumbent Democrat George Jepsen.

Judge of Probate (vote for one)

• Democrat Joseph Marino

Registrar of Voters

• Republican Jeffrey Drenzek
• Democrat Barbara Jean DiMauro

Ballot Question

Voters will also be asked, “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to remove restrictions concerning absentee ballots and to permit a person to vote without appearing at a polling place on the day of an election?”. The Connecticut League of Women Voters has a “primer” on the ballot question with links to articles from the organization’s Home page. The Hartford Courant also has a “primer,” which is this article about the ballot question.

(Photo: Patch archives)