Simsbury Election Results 2016: The Winners are Revealed

SIMSBURY, CT — Registered voters in Simsbury 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 Simsbury voted, posted by the secretary of the state:

U.S. President

• (D) Clinton and Kaine - 7,725 - 55.94 percent
• (R) Trump and Pence - 5,336 - 38.64 percent
• (L) Johnson and Weld - 592 - 4.29 percent
• (G) Stein and Baraka - 156 - 1.13 percent

U.S. Senate

• (D) Richard Blumenthal - 7,369 - 54.46 percent
• (R) Dan Carter - 5,409 - 39.97 percent
• (WF) Blumenthal - 452 - 3.34 percent
• (L) Richard Lion - 171 - 1.26 percent
• (G) Jeffery Russell - 130 - 0.96 percent

U.S. Rep District 5

• (D) Elizabeth Esty- 6,765 - 53.96 percent
• (R) Clay Cope - 5,137 - 40.97 percent
• (WF) Esty - 446 - 3.56 percent
• (I) Cope - 190 - 1.52 percent

State Senate District 8

• (R) Kevin Witkos - 7,597 - 57.16 percent
• (D) David Pena - 5,265 - 39.61 percent
• (I) Witkos - 429 - 3.23 percent

State Rep District 16

• (D) John Hampton - 6,942 - 51.85 percent
• (R) Lydia Tedone - 6,042 - 45.13 percent
• (I) Tedone - 331 - 2.47 percent
• (PET) Robert H. Kalechman - 74 - 0.55 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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SIMSBURY, CT — Simsbury residents headed to the polls Tuesday for the 2016 midterm election. Polling places in Simsbury are now closed.

In Simsbury, the choice for 8th Senatorial District involves Republican incumbent Kevin Witkos and Democratic challenger David Pena. Witkos is a four-term incumbent and Senate Minority Leader Pro Tempore. Pena has been a member of the Avon Planning and Zoning Commission since 2007.

In the 16th State House District, Democratic incumbent John Hampton is being challenged by Republican Lydia Tedone and petitioning candidate Robert Kalechman. Hampton is completing his second term. Tedone is a longtime member of the Simsbury Board of Education. Kalechman is a Korean War veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

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.

Former Simsbury resident Christopher Cabrera, a registered independent voter who recently moved from New Hampshire to East Windsor, told Patch he "almost didn't vote for president."

"I'm definitely conflicted in my views, but I believe it is most beneficial to really start from the ground up - local jobs, local economy, small business," Cabrera said. "From the state level, that's how we're going to build up to the New England and national levels. That's really how we're going to have our businesses thrive. Right now, I'm more apromoter of less taxes and less regulation - let's help the average person, not the big companies."

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 Simsbury sample ballot.

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