Unofficial Results: Formica Beats Novak, McMahon and Murphy Will Face Off in Election

The final tally isn't official yet but the Second District Primary race has been called, and East Lyme First Selectman Paul Formica is the winner. Certainly, he won big in the towns of East Lyme, Old Lyme and Lyme.

Formica will now face Democratic incumbent Congressman Joe Courtney in the November election.

As expected, Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy will face off in November for the right to succeed Joe Lieberman in the U.S. Senate.

With 77 percent of the precincts reporting at 10 p.m., McMahon was soundly defeating former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays with 76 percent of the vote. McMahon beat Shays in the primary in East Lyme and Old Lyme, but lost to him by just 3 votes in Lyme.

Meanwhile, Murphy cruised by Bysiewicz, the Middletown native and former Secretary of the State, by a comfortable 66 percent to 34 percent margin. Murphy beat Bysiewicz in East Lyme, Old Lyme, and Lyme. 

In the Fifth Congressional District, Elizabeth Esty emerged on the Democratic side with a convincing 43 percent to 34 percent margin (as of 10 p.m.) over the embattled Chris Donovan, once considered the strong frontrunner before a campaign-finance scandal involving several members of his staff, and dark-horse Dan Roberti (23 percent).

Republicans in the Fifth District went down to the wire, with favorite Andrew Roraback pulling it out with 34 percent of the vote, followed by Mark Greenberg (28 percent), Lisa Wilson-Foley (19 percent) and Justin Bernier (19 percent) as of 10 p.m.

Mary Ellen Klinck also beat Jim Crawford handily in Lyme in the 33rd District state Senate primary, although Crawford ultimately won the election. 

Here are the local numbers (again, not official)  

East Lyme 

U.S. Second Congressional District

Republican

Paul Formica 771

Daria Novak 93

U.S. Senate 

Republican

Linda McMahon 544

Christopher Shays 312

Democrat

Chris Murphy 455

Susan Bysiewicz 212

Old Lyme

U.S. Second Congressional District

Republican 

Paul Formica 411

Daria Novak 75

U.S. Senate Primary

Republican

Linda McMahon 310

Chris Shays 197

Democrat

Chris Murphy 257

Susan Bysiewicz 90

Voter turnout between 20 and 22 percent

Lyme

U.S. Second Congressional District

Republican 

Paul Formica 137

Daria Novak 47

U.S. Senate Primary

Republican

Chris Shays 96

Linda McMahon 93

Democrat

Chris Murphy 117

Susan Bysiewicz 35

State Senate 33rd District

Mary Ellen Klinck 110

Jim Crawford 38

Voter turnout 33 percent