Politics & Government

Durham, Middlefield Voters Can See Tuesday Primary Ballot Below

A primary for governor for both parties is being held on Tuesday, August 14th; there are also several other contested races in both parties.

Voting will take place from 6 a.m to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 14th in Durham and Middlefield for those waging a primary race for office across the state and locally.

On the Democratic side, there are no local primaries.

The Democratic primaries are the big ones: Ned Lamont is facing a challenge from Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim to be the party’s candidate this November for governor; for lieutenant governor, Susan Bysiewicz is facing a primary challenge from Eva Bermudez Zimmerman; for treasurer, Shawn Wooden is being challenged by Dita Bhargava; the race for attorney general is a three-way contest, between party endorsed William Tong, Paul Doyle and Chris Mattei.

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On the Republican side, these are the candidates up for election.

For governor, it is a five-way race between party endorsed Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Timothy Herbst, Steve Obsitnik, Bob Stefanowski and David Stemerman; lieutenant governor is a three-way race between Joe Markley, Jayme Stevenson and Erin Stewart.

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The U.S. Senate seat to contest Chris Murphy this fall is a primary battle between Matthew Corey and Dominic Rapini; there is a state treasurer contest between Thad Gray and Art Linares; a comptroller race between Kurt Miller and Mark Greenberg; and an attorney general race between Sue Hatfield and John Shaban.

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