Did Southbury Residents Pick Trump or Clinton for President?

SOUTHBURY, CT — On Election Night in Southbury residents preferred Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton by a margin of 6,088 to 4,959.

Clinton earned 43 percent of the vote in Southbury, Trump received 53 percent, while Gary Johnson earned 342 or 3 percent of the vote, and Jill Stein received 103 votes or 1 percent.

In the race for U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., amassed on multiple lines 5,057 and 461 votes and his opponent Dan Carter, a Republican, received 5,528 votes.

In Southbury, Carter received 10 more votes than Blumenthal, but Blumenthal won the statewide vote and was re-elected.

For United States Congress in Southbury, Elizabeth Esty, a Democrat, received 5,011 and 413 votes on multiple voting lines, and Clay Cope, a Republican earned 5,578 and 136 votes in Southbury on multiple voting lines. Cope won 51 percent of the vote in Southbury, but district-wide Esty won re-election.

In Southbury for the 32nd Senatorial District Democratic candidate Greg Cava received 3,712 votes and Republican incumbent Robert J. Kane earned 7,026 or 64 percent of the vote. Kane has been a state senator since 2008. Cava is an attorney in Roxbury.

In the 131st State House District Democratic candidate Scott Flaherty received 583 votes and the Republican incumbent David K. Labriola earned 1,229 votes or 68 percent of the vote. Labriola, who won re-election, is completing his seventh term. Flaherty is an Oxford resident.

For the 69th State House District the Republican Arthur O’Neil ran unopposed and received 6,952 votes. He has been a state representative since 1988.

Democrat Marie E. Greene received 4,272 votes and Republican Joann H. Bolin earned 6,411 votes for registrar of voters.