Here’s How West Hartford Residents Voted In 2018 Primary Election

WEST HARTFORD, CT — The battle to succeed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in November will come down to Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski. Lamont walloped his primary challenger Joseph Ganim by 171,658 to 39,854, while Stefanowski earned 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 chose Thad Gray. (To sign up for West Hartford breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

See related: CT Primary 2018: Lamont Vs. Stefanowski For Governor

In West Hartford, Lamont received 6,735 votes and Ganim had 667. Bysiewicz garnered 3,998 votes while Zimmerman received 3,327 votes.

On the Republican side in West Hartford, Stemerman received 644 votes, while Stefanowski had 533 and was followed by Boughton, 378, Obsitnik, 348, and Herbst, 253.

In the 18th District, Democratic challenger Jillian Gilchrest defeated 12-term incumbent Andy Fleischmann, 1707 to 1,558.

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