Montville Voters Go Their Own Way

The results are in in Montville.

Out of 4,436 registered eligible voters -- registered Republicans and Democrats – 434 Republicans turned out to vote, which represents 29 percent of all eligible voters and 558 Democrats voted which is 20 percent of eligible Democrats.

“It went smoothly,” said Districts’ 1 and 6 poll location moderator Thomas Bartok. “Started pretty slow, then picked up, a slow and steady pace kept it going.”

State Senate in Districts 2 and 5

The Democratic state senate race between Tom Reynolds and Catherine A. Osten, saw the Reynolds win with 95 votes versus the 87 garnered by Osten, but it turns out that Osten won enough votes in other communities to beat Reynolds.

Denise Gladue said earlier today that Reynolds “has done a lot for Montville.”

A Osten worker sat on the blacktop at the Mohegan Fire House this morning not yet prepared for the long day ahead: “I’m getting paid, so it’s okay.”

The 2nd Congressional Race

Paul Formica handily defeated Daria Novak. Formica received 303 votes and Novak 119.

The Big Races

For the Democrats, in Montville anyway the race was almost a photo finish; Chris Murphy grabbed 250 votes and former Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz came in a close second with 247 votes.

And for the Republicans, Linda McMahon beat Chris Shays, 321 to 114.

The Montville Breakdown, District by District

DEMOCRATS (U.S. Senate)

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

Murphy 26 58 30 80 33 23

Bysiewicz 38 63 21 79 26 20

REPUBLICANS (U.S. Senate)

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

Shays 10 27 11 40 16 10

McMahon 46 29 41 136 44 25

REPUBLICANS (Representative in Congress, Second District)

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

Novak 5 22 12 48 24 8

Formica 51 34 38 121 34 25

All results are from the Registrar of Voters.