February 12, 2012
PRIMARY RESULTS: Weston voters pick Malloy, Foley and McMahon
Voter turnout was light Tuesday in Weston for the state Democratic and Republican primaries, with just 24% of all eligible voters casting their ballots.
Of the town’s 2,186 registered Democrats, 462 voted, as did 460 of the town’s 1,887 registered Republicans.
There were 29 Democratic absentee and overseas ballots cast and 38 Republican absentee and overseas ballots cast, for a total of 989 voters overall in the primaries.
Unaffiliated voters and those registered with other parties were not allowed to vote in the primaries.
Democratic primary
In Weston, for the governor’s race, Democrats favored former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy with 272 votes over Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont, who got 217 votes.
For lieutenant governor, four-term state comptroller Nancy Wyman got 297 votes while four-term Simsbury first selectman Mary Messina Glassman received 166 votes.
For secretary of the state, longtime state representative for the 54th District and house majority leader Denise Merrill received 248 votes, while financial advisor Gerry Garcia got 199 votes.
In the comptroller’s race, Weston voters favored Kevin Lembo, head of the state’s Office of Healthcare Advocate, with 338 votes, while five-term Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura received 102 votes.
Republican primary
For the governor’s race, in Weston former U.S. ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley got 242 votes, while lieutenant governor Michael Fedele got 165 votes, and Oz Griebel, president and CEO of a regional development organization, received 80 votes.
For lieutenant governor, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton got 244 votes, while businesswoman Lisa Wilson-Foley got 215 votes.
In the race for U.S. senator, Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, got 254 votes, Westonite Peter Schiff, head of an international brokerage firm, received 150 votes, while Rob Simmons, former U.S. representative for the 2nd District, received 92 votes.
For U.S. representative, Dan Debicella, state senator from Shelton, got 333 votes, Norwalk businessman Rob Merkle got 83 votes, and Bridgeport businessman Rick Torres got 62 votes.
For attorney general, attorney Martha Dean received 292 votes, while attorney Ross Garber got 163 votes.
Moderators at the polls in Weston were W. Glenn Major for the Republicans and Hal Shupack for the Democrats.
This story will be updated as the state results are known.
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