Primaries 2018: How Vernon Voted

VERNON, CT — The battle to succeed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in November will come down to Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski. Lamont defeated his primary challenger, Joseph Ganim, by a count of 171,658 to 39,854. Stefanowski garnered 41,957 votes followed by Mark D. Boughton, 30,457, David Stemerman, 26,266, Tim Herbst, 25,091, and Steve Obstinik, 19,119.

For lieutenant governor, Democrat Susan Bysiewicz defeated Eva Zimmerman by a margin of 129,484 to 78,870 and on the Republican side Joe Markley defeated Erin Stewart and Jayme Stevenson. Markley earned 65,702 votes, Stewart, 45,258 and Stevenson, 27,138.

Other big winners from across the state last night include: Matthew Corey who won his GOP primary to run for U.S. Senate against Chris Murphy, and in the 5th District congressional primary, former Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes defeated her challenger Mary Glassman while on the Republican side Manny Santos defeated Ruby Corby-O’Neil and Rich DuPont.

Democrats picked William Tong to run for State Attorney General and Republicans picked Sue Hatfield. For Treasurer Democrats voted for Shawn Wooden and Republican choose Thad Gray.

So ... how did Vernon vote? Here is a look at the returns from the Vernon Elections Division:

Democrats

Governor

• Lamont 1,337
• Ganim 169

Lt. Governor

• Bysiewicz 946
• Zimmerman 545

Republicans

Governor

• Stefanowski 291
• Boughton 196
• Stemerman 263
• Herbst 171
• Obstinik 142

Lt. Governor

• Markley 426
• Stewart 441
• Stevenson 172

U.S. Senate

• Corey 819
• Rapini 174

Photo Credit: Chris Dehnel

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