CT PRIMARY: Southbury GOP, Democratic Voters Go to Polls Today

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

On the Democratic side, there are no local primaries, 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.

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.

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; a primary for Congress between Manny Santos, Ruby Corby-O’Neil, Richard DuPont; and an attorney general race between Sue Hatfield and John Shaban.