While the country chose Republican former President Donald Trump over Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday night, the state of Connecticut remained blue as
voters picked Harris, 54%-44%, according to unofficial results released by the Secretary of the State.
Fairfield County followed the state by picking Harris over Trump, 57%-43%, with all but the three municipalities of Bridgeport, Darien and Norwalk not reporting, according to unofficial results as of 10 a.m. EST Wednesday.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy was reelected with 54% of the vote over Republican challenger Matthew Corey, who garnered 45%. As of 10 a.m. EST Wednesday, Republicans won a majority in the Senate, 52-42, with more races yet to be called, according to Associated Press. However, control of the House was still up in the air with Republicans holding a 198-180 edge, AP reported.
The state sent all five of its Democratic representatives back to the House of Representatives for another two years. That includes Rosa DeLauro, who won 54%-44% over Republican Michael Massey; Jim Himes, who defeated Republican Michael Goldstein, 59%-40%; and Jahana Hayes, who edged out Republican George Logan, 51%-47%. The state’s two other U.S. representatives – John Larson and Joe Courtney – were also reelected.
Ballot measures
Voters approved the so-called no-excuse absentee voting statewide referendum to allow all voters to vote by absentee ballot without having a reason. The measure passed 675,400-523,658.
Results were available for two of the three Fairfield County municipality ballot measures. In Trumbull, voters approved $142.4 million appropriation and bond authorization for planning, design and construction of a new Hillcrest Middle School by a vote of 6,346-3015. In Shelton, voters rejected two measures. A measure to revise the town charter lost, 10,898-7,963 and a referendum that would have allowed as many as six members of the same party to the Board of Education was defeated, 12,288-6,991. In Newtown, voters approved the sale of the former police headquarters at 3 Main St., 9,554-5,640.
The results of a vote on a measure to approve a $49 million bond measure to pay for the planning, design, construction, engineering, purchase and acquisition of land, various public improvements, equipment and replacements for road paving and improvements to a fire station and the police station were not available.
