Newington Election Results 2016: The Winners are Revealed

NEWINGTON, CT — Registered voters in Newington 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 Newington voted, posted by the secretary of the state:

U.S. President

• (D) Clinton and Kaine - 8,393 - 53.65 percent
• (R) Trump and Pence - 6,547 - 41.85 percent
• (L) Johnson and Weld - 475 - 3.04 percent
• (G) Stein and Baraka - 212 - 1.36 percent

U.S. Senate

• (D) Richard Blumenthal - 8,768 - 58.65 percent
• (R) Dan Carter - 4,998 - 33.43 percent
• (WF) Blumenthal - 881 - 5.89 percent
• (G) Jeffery Russell - 153 - 1.02 percent
• (L) Richard Lion - 150 - 1.00 percent

U.S. Rep District 1

• (D) John B. Larson - 8,336 - 56.31 percent
• (R) Matthew M. Corey - 5,439 - 36.74 percent
• (WF) Larson - 728 - 4.92 percent
• (G) S. Michael DeRosa - 301 - 2.03 percent

State Senate District 9

• (D) Paul R. Doyle - 9,241 - 62.87 percent
• (R) Earle V. Roberts - 5,458 - 37.13 percent

State Rep District 24

• (D) Rick Lopes - 886 - 52.06 percent
• (R) James Sanders, Jr. - 772 - 45.36 percent
• (WF) Lopes - 44 - 2.59 percent

State Rep District 27

• (R) Gary Byron - 6,023 - 50.00 percent
• (D) Joshua Schulman - 5,233 - 43.44 percent
• (I) Byron - 483 - 4.01 percent
• (WF) Schulman - 308 - 2.56 percent

State Rep District 29

• (D) Antonio Guerrera - 635 - 56.29 percent
• (R) Todd Brown - 493 - 43.71 percent

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

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

In Newington, the choice for 9th Senatorial District involves Democratic incumbent Paul Doyle and Republican challenger Earle Roberts. Doyle is a five-term incumbent and Deputy Majority Leader. Roberts is a former Middletown city council member.

For the 24th State House District, the Democratic incumbent is Rick Lopes and the Republican challenger is James Sanders, Jr. Lopes is serving his second term. Sanders is a New Britain alderman-at-large.

In the 27th State House District, the Republican incumbent is Gary Byron and the Democratic challenger is Joshua Schulman. Byron is serving his first term. Schulman is a member of the Newington school board.

In the 29th State House District, the Democratic incumbent is Antonio Guerrera and the Republican challenger is Todd Brown. Guerrera is serving his eighth term. Brown is a political newcomer who works for a small family-owned manufacturing company.

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 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 Newington sample ballot.

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