Strong primary turnout follows statewide vote
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 9:31am
About 30 percent of Berlin’s affiliated voters came out to vote in the Aug. 10 primary; almost twice the turnout of voters statewide, according to the registrars of voters office.
For the most part, Berlin Democrats and Republicans were in sync with broader voting trends. The exception was in the GOP lieutenant governor run-off.
In Berlin, Republicans gave the nod to Tom Foley for governor; Linda Wilson-Foley for lieutenant governor; Linda McMahon for U.S. Senator; Anne Brickley for representative in Congress; and Martha Dean for attorney general.
Democrats favored Dan Malloy for governor; Nancy Wyman for lieutenant governor; Denise Merrill for secretary of the state; and Kevin Lembo for comptroller.
In Berlin 5,206 Democrats were eligible to vote and 1,474 or 28.3 percent did.
On the Republican side, 2,958 were eligible to vote and 936 or 31.6 percent did.
The local tally is as follows:
Republicans
For governor: Tom Foley 394; Michael Fedele 313; Oz Griebel 203.
For lieutenant governor: Linda Wilson-Foley 500; Mark D. Boughton 348.
For U.S. Senator; Linda McMahon 471; Rob Simmons 278; Peter David Schiff 178.
Representative in Congress: Anne Brickley 458; Mark Zydanowicz 418.
Attorney general: Martha Dean 457; Ross Garber 420.
Democrats
Governor: Dan Malloy 903; Ned Lamont 553.
Lieutenant Governor; Nancy Wyman 916; Mary Messina Glassman 520.
Secretary of the State: Denise Merrill 931; Gerry Garcia 454.
Comptroller; Kevin Lembo 1011; Michael J. Jarjura 354.
