Republican Voter Turnout in Killingworth Higher than Democrats

In Killingworth, a total of 36.24% of registered voters showed up to vote in Tuesday's primary; 27.12% of registered Democrats and 44.84% of registered Republicans voted.

Chris Murphy led Susan Bysiewicz by nearly 60 votes; Linda McMahon won by nearly double over Chris Shays and Paul Formica and Daria Novak were separated by nearly 50 votes.

In the Killingworth race for the Republican candidate for Registrar of Voters, Lauren Blaha bested George Hedrick by more than 100 votes.

The results were as follows:

U.S. Senator Candidates

Democrats:

• : 170

• Susan Bysiewicz: 111

Republicans:

• Linda E. McMahon: 367

• : 175

2nd Congressional District U.S. Representative (Republican only)

• Paul Formica: 282
• Daria Novak: 236

Killingworth Registrar of Voters

• Lauren K. Blaha: 329
• George F. Hedrick: 212
  

Statewide Election Update:

As expected, Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy will face off in November for the right to succeed Joe Lieberman in the U.S. Senate.

With 77% of the precincts reporting at 10 p.m., McMahon was soundly defeating former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays with 76% of the vote. Meanwhile, Murphy cruised by Bysiewicz, the Middletown native and former Secretary of the State, by a comfortable 66% to 34% margin.

In the Fifth Congressional District, Elizabeth Esty emerged on the Democratic side with a convincing 43% to 34% margin (as of 10 p.m.) over the embattled Chris Donovan, once considered the strong frontrunner before a campaign-finance scandal involving several members of his staff, and dark-horse Dan Roberti (23%).

Republicans in the Fifth District went down to the wire, with favorite Andrew Roraback pulling it out with 34% of the vote, followed by Mark Greenberg (28%), Lisa Wilson-Foley (19%) and Justin Bernier (19%) as of 10 p.m. 

In the Second Congressional District, East Lyme restaurateur Paul Formica was running away with the Republican primary over Madison’s Daria Novak by about a 2-to-1 ratio, as of 9 p.m. and was declared the winner.