Farmington Election Results 2016: The Winners are Revealed

FARMINGTON, CT — Registered voters in Farmington had an early start to the polls on Nov. 8 for the 2016 election, and the momentum continued until the balloting closed at 8 p.m.

Here are the unofficial results of how Farmington voted, posted by the secretary of the state:

U.S. President

• (D) Clinton and Kaine - 4,913 - 42.35 percent
• (R) Trump and Pence - 5,984 - 41.80 percent
• (L) Johnson and Weld - 477 - 3.33 percent
• (G) Stein and Baraka - 185 - 1.29 percent

U.S. Senate

• (D) Richard Blumenthal - 7,706 - 54.36 percent
• (R) Dan Carter - 5,631 - 39.72 percent
• (WF) Blumenthal - 566 - 3.99 percent
• (L) Richard Lion - 159 - 1.12 percent
• (G) Jeffery Russell - 113 - 0.80 percent

U.S. Rep District 5

• (D) Elizabeth Esty- 7,437 - 53.21 percent
• (R) Clay Cope - 5,843 - 41.81 percent
• (WF) Esty - 504 - 3.61 percent
• (I) Cope - 192 - 1.37 percent

State Senate District 5

• (D) Beth Bye - 6,034 - 49.94 percent
• (R) Mark Merritt - 5,804 - 48.04 percent
• (I) Merritt - 244 - 2.02 percent

State Senate District 6

• (D) Terry Bielinski Gerratana - 825 - 47.66 percent
• (R) Charles Paonessa - 813 - 46.97 percent
• (WF) Gerratana - 65 - 3.76 percent
• (PET) Sharon R. Beloin-Saavedra - 28 - 1.62 percent

State Rep District 19

• (R) Chris Barnes- 471 - 50.54 percent
• (D) Derek Slap - 443 - 47.53 percent
• (I) Barnes - 18 - 1.93 percent

State Rep District 21

• (D) Mike Demicco - 6,624 - 50.16 percent
• (R) Chris Forster - 5,899 - 44.67 percent
• (WF) Demicco - 430 - 3.26 percent
• (I) Forster - 253 - 1.92 percent

Registrar of Voters

• (D) Barbara Brenneman - 7,074 - 52.25 percent
• (R) Edward J. Leary - 6,464 - 47.75 percent

To read about the U.S. Senate race in Connecticut and the five congressional races click on this related story.

Photo credits: Tim Jensen

FARMINGTON, CT — Farmington residents headed to the polls Tuesday for the 2016 midterm election. Polling places in Farmington are now closed.

Early afternoon indications were a strong voter turnout in town.

"I see a lot of excitement and quite a high turnout," former eight-term state representative Demetrios Giannaros said outside Farmington High School. "I hope the people of Connecticut will speak up and express their concerns about certain candidates and certain behaviors. I have never seen anything like it in my 60-plus years in the United States. What happened here was just a shock to me - the kind of language that was used, antagonizing, promoting violence in some cases. I hope both sides will accept whoever wins and move forward, because the American people really need some unification to cause some change we need to progress forward."

In Farmington, the choice for 6th Senatorial District involves Democratic incumbent Terry Bielinski Gerratana, Republican challenger Charles Paonessa and petitioning candidate Sharon R. Beloin-Saavedra. Gerratana is a three-term incumbent. Paonessa has been a self-employed businessman for over 40 years. Beloin-Saavedra is an at-large member of the New Britain Board of Education.

In the 19th State House District, where incumbent Republican Brian Becker is not seeking a fourth term, the candidates are Democrat Derek Slap and Republican Chris Barnes. Slap is the vice president of External Relations at the UConn Foundation. Barnes is a town councilman in West Hartford.

For the 21st State House District, the Democratic incumbent is Mike Demicco and the Republican challenger is Chris Forster. Demicco is serving his second term. Forster is the Controller for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Board of Regents for Higher Education.

Candidates for registrar of voters are Democrat Barbara Brenneman and Republican Edward Leary.

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 Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka.

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

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

• 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

Click here to view the entire Farmington 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.

Photo credits: Tim Jensen