Newtown Election Results 2022: Some Races Still Too Close To Call

NEWTOWN, CT — The polls are closed in Newtown, but votes in some races were still being tabulated well into the night.

The nationally-watched 5th Congressional District race was still too close to call in the early morning hours Wednesday. The contest pits first-term Democrat Jahana Hayes against rising GOP star George Logan.

Neither was there a winner declared Tuesday in the contest for District 107 representative. Republican Martin Foncello and Democrat Phoebe Holmes are vying for the seat vacated by Stephen Harding, who was declared state senator on Tuesday.

Republican Mitch Bolinsky had an easier Election Day than all of them: he ran unopposed into a sixth term representing the 106th House District.

Incumbent Tony Hwang declared victory over Democrat Timothy Gavin in his race to hold on to his 28th District State Senate seat. Republican Hwang said that "affordability and inflationary costs" would be the primary problems he tackled in his fifth term.

Newtown voters were asked the question:

"Shall the Charter be amended to provide that Section 2-125, Sections (a) & (b) 'Board of Finance,' be deleted from the Charter as an advisory body, and all powers thereof to be vested in the Legislative Council? Further, that all references to the Board of Finance, including the powers and duties thereof, be deleted in their entirety?"

...and 7,678 voted "no," to just 3,161 who said "yes," according to data Patch received from the Newtown Registrar's office.

The question:

"Shall the remaining Charter Amendments adopted by the Legislative Council on July 20, 2022, be approved?"

...was answered "yes" by 5,291 voters, and "no" by 4,793.

In the earliest call of the evening, two-term Sen. Richard Blumenthal was the projected winner in his contest with Republican Leora Levy.

Levy said she called Blumenthal to concede and wished him well in the next six years. She said she would continue to work for a more prosperous and safer America.

At the top of the ticket. Gov. Ned Lamont declared victory Tuesday in the governor race. His Republican opponent, Bob Stefanowski, said he would wait until the morning for more results.

Voters will also get to decide whether the state should allow early voting. The question on the ballot is: "Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting?"

The following were the races on the ballot for Newtown voters::

Governor/ Lieutenant Governor

• Ned Lamont and Susan Bysiewicz (Democratic Party)
• Bob Stefanowski and Laura Devlin (Republican Party
• Ned Lamont and Susan Bysiewicz (Griebel Frank For CT Party)
• Robert Hotaling and Stewart “Chip” Beckett (Independent Party)
• Ned Lamont and Susan Bysiewicz (Working Families Party)

U.S. Senator

• Richard Blumenthal (Democratic Party)
• Leora Levy (Republican Party)
• Richard Blumenthal (Working Families Party)

Congressional Representative

• Jahana Hayes (Democratic Party)
• George Logan (Republican Party)
• Jahana Hayes (Working Families Party)
• George Logan (Independent Party)

State Senator

District 28

• Timothy Gavin (Democratic Party)
• Tony Hwang (Republican Party)
• Timothy Gavin (Independent Party)

State Representative

District 106

• Mitch Bolinsky (Republican Party)

District 107

• Phoebe Holmes (Democratic Party)
• Martin Foncello (Republican Party)
• Phoebe Holmes (Working Families Party)

Secretary of the State

• Stephanie Thomas (Democratic Party)
• Dominic Rapini (Republican Party)
• Cynthia Jennings (Independent Party)
• Stephanie Thomas (Working Families Party)

State Treasurer

• Erick Russell (Democratic Party)
• Harry Arora (Republican Party)
• Jennifer Baldwin (Independent Party)
• Erick Russell (Working Families Party)
• JoAnna Laiscell Libertarian Party)

State Comptroller

• Sean Scanlon (Democratic Party)
• Mary Fay (Republican Party)
• Sean Scanlon (Independent Party)
• Sean Scanlon (Working Families Party)

Attorney General

• William Tong (Democratic Party)
• Jessica Kordas (Republican Party)
• A.P. Pascarella (Independent Party)
• William Tong (Working Families Party)
• Ken Krayeske (Green Party)

Judge of Probate

• Steven Boa DeMoura (Democratic Party)
• Jennifer Collins (Republican Party)
• Jennifer Collins (Independent Party)

Complete sample ballots are online here.