Politics & Government
Here is What Ridgefield Democrats, Republicans Will See on Ballot
Tuesday, August 14 is primary day across the state; in Ridgefield look below to see who will be on the ballot and what they are running for.
RIDGEFIELD, CT - Voting will take place from 6 a.m to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 14th in Ridgefield for those waging a primary race for office across the state and locally.
The Democratic primaries are the big ones: Ned Lamont is facing a challenge from Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim to be the party's candidate this November for governor; for lieutenant governor, Susan Bysiewicz is facing a primary challenge from Eva Bermudez Zimmerman; for treasurer, Shawn Wooden is being challenged by Dita Bhargava; the race for attorney general is a three-way contest, between party endorsed William Tong, Paul Doyle and Chris Mattei.
On the Republican side, for governor, it is a five-way race between party endorsed Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Timothy Herbst, Steve Obsitnik, Bob Stefanowski and David Stemerman; lieutenant governor is a three-way race between Joe Markley, Jayme Stevenson and Erin Stewart.
The U.S. Senate seat to contest Chris Murphy this fall is a primary battle between Matthew Corey and Dominic Rapini. There is a state treasurer contest between Thad Gray and Art Linares; a comptroller race between Kurt Miller and Mark Greenberg; and an attorney general race between Sue Hatfield and John Shaban.
