Trumbull Election Results 2016: Incumbents Roll to Victory

TRUMBULL, CT— General Assembly members who represent Trumbull will remain in place.

Repubican State Reps. David Rutigliano, Laura Devlin and Ben McGorty beat challengers by rather large margins. Rutigliano won by more than 2,500 votes and a margin of 24 percent and Devlin by more than 2,600 votes and a 17 percent margin, according to the Trumbull Times. McGorty's only challenger was a Green Party member

State Sen. Marilyn Moore won by nearly 5,000 votes against Trumbull Republican Elaine Hammers.

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

22nd Senate District

Democrat incumbent State Sen. Marilyn Moore and Republican Elaine Hammers will square off for the 22nd senate district. The district covers Trumbull, parts of Monroe and parts of Bridgeport.

Hammers has been a Trumbull resident for 33 years and served as the finance director the Town of Trumbull at one point during her career. She is now the COO and business manager of Hammers Healthcare Imaging, a company she runs with her husband. She currently chairs Trumbull’s Board of Finance.

Hammers said she is running because she has seen firsthand the impact of Connecticut’s fiscal mismanagement as a mother and a business owner, according to her campaign website.

Moore is a lifelong Bridgeport resident and is a one-term incumbent for the senate seat. She is the CEO of The Witness Project of Connecticut, an organization that seeks to reduce incidence and death rates of breast cancer among low income and African-American women. She was previously a legislative aide to former State Senator Edwin. A. Gomes (D-23).

She has earned multiple awards including an award from the National Association of Negro Business and the Professional Women’s Club.

122nd House District

In the 122nd House District voters can choose between Republican incumbent State Rep. Ben McGorty and Green Party candidate Angela Capinera.

McGorty was first elected via a special election in July 2014 to fill a vacancy after Larry Miller passed away. He won the seat again in the November election. He is a realtor with William Raveis and has been a volunteer firefighter for 25 years in Shelton.

McGorty said he believes in fiscal responsibility and that increasing state spending makes the lives of state residents harder.

Capinea is a Stratford resident and has lived in the area her whole life. She has worked in education for 21 years, is a small business owner and is a volunteer EMT. She is a big supporter of environmental awareness, according to her campaign biography.

123rd House District

Republican incumbent State Rep. David Rutigliano faces challenger Democrat Lino Costantini.

Rutigliano is going for his third term. Outside of politics he is a small business owner. He is a partner in the SBC Restaurant Group that operates Southport Brewing Company, Local Kitchen and Beer Bar and the Sitting Duck Tavern.

He is a state representative because he wants to improve the state’s economy and job growth, according to his biography.

Constantini is a longtime Trumbull police commissioner and was a town council member between 1983 and 1992. Outside of politics he is a toolmaker by trade and founded Hamden Tool and Die Company and Hamden Medical Co. He sold the medical company in 2008 and retired in 2014.

Constantini's focus at state representative would be on passing a balanced state budget, lowering taxes, small business development and finding jobs for college graduates.

134th House District

Republican one-term incumbent Laura Devlin will face off against Trumbull Planning and Zoning Commissioner Fred Garrity for the 134th house seat. The district covers Fairfield and Trumbull.

Devlin was elected to the Fairfield Board of Assessment Appeals in 2011 and then District 3 for the Fairfield Representative Town Meeting, where she also was a member of the Finance Committee. She commuted on Metro-North for several years.

During her term as state representative she has been an advocate for fixing the state’s transportation system and tax policies, according to her campaign website. She also supports environmental legislation and worked to pass a bipartisan “Student Loan Bill of Rights.” She voted again 2015 tax hikes.

Garrity has served on the Trumbull Zoning Board of Appeals and is currently on the Planning and Zoning Commission.

As state representative he said he would work to make Narcan available over the counter, oppose unfunded state education mandates and work to restore Fairfield and Trumbull’s fair share of education funding from the state, according to his campaign website.

He also would work to make the Connecticut budget realistically and work to fix transportation infrastructure in southwestern Connecticut.