Granby Election Results 2016: The Winners are Revealed

GRANBY, CT — Registered voters in Granby 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 Granby voted, posted by the secretary of the state:

U.S. President

• (D) Clinton and Kaine - 3,114 - 47.84 percent
• (R) Trump and Pence - 2,967 - 45.58 percent
• (L) Johnson and Weld - 292 - 4.49 percent
• (G) Stein and Baraka - 115 - 1.77 percent

U.S. Senate

• (D) Richard Blumenthal - 3,158 - 49.00 percent
• (R) Dan Carter - 2,859 - 44.36 percent
• (WF) Blumenthal - 252 - 3.91 percent
• (L) Richard Lion - 89 - 1.38 percent
• (G) Jeffery Russell - 87 - 1.35 percent

U.S. Rep District 1

• (R) Matthew Corey - 3,023 - 47.76 percent
• (D) John B. Larson - 2,920 - 46.14 percent
• (WF) Larson - 244 - 3.86 percent
• (G) S. Michael DeRosa - 142 - 2.24 percent

State Senate District 7

• (R) John A. Kissel - 3,153 - 53.27 percent
• (D) Annie Hornish - 2,450 - 41.39 percent
• (WF) Hornish - 165 - 2.79 percent
• (I) Kissel - 151 - 2.55 percent

State Senate District 8

• (R) Kevin Witkos - 303 - 66.74 percent
• (D) David Pena - 133 - 29.30 percent
• (I) Witkos - 18 - 3.96 percent

State Rep District 62

• (R) Bill Simanski - 4,769 - 100.00 percent

Registrar of Voters

• (R) Paul R. Willis - 3,280 - 53.46 percent
• (D) Laura A. Wolfe - 2,856 - 46.54 percent

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

Photo credit: Tim Jensen

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

Early afternoon indications were a strong voter turnout in the town.

In Granby, the choice for 7th Senatorial District involves Republican incumbent John Kissel and Democratic challenger Annie Hornish. Kissel is a 12-term incumbent and a Chief Deputy Minority Leader. Hornish served as a State Representative from 2009–2011.

In the 62nd State House District, three-term Republican incumbent Bill Simanski is running unopposed.

Candidates for registrar of voters are Democrat Laura Wolfe and Republican Paul Willis.

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 John Larson, Republican Matthew Corey and Green Party candidate S. Michael DeRosa.

• 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 Granby sample ballot.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen