It was a slow day at the polls, but the Darien voters who showed up were good predictors of statewide races. Voter turnout finished near 27.6 percent, with 2,353 voters from both parties turning out. The winner in each Darien race went on to take the statewide party nomination.
Darien Republicans narrowly backed Tom Foley in the race for governor. He took 892 votes to Michael Fedele's 762 and Oz Griebel's 115. For his running mate, voters chose Mark Boughton over Lisa Wilson-Foley, 830-743.
Dan Debicella took an overwhelming lead in Darien, gaining 1,193 Republican votes compared to 297 for Rob Merkle and 155 for Rick Torres. In the Senate race, Linda McMahon took a sizable lead over Peter Schiff and Rob Simmons with 987 votes, nearly 55 percent of the total. To run for Attorney General against Darien's George Jepsen, GOP voters picked Martha Dean over Ross Garber 1,008-511.
On the Democratic side, Dan Malloy won with 328 votes to Ned Lamont's 204. Darien chose Nancy Wyman as Malloy's running mate, giving her 341 votes over Mary Messina Glassman's 163. In the secretary of the state race, Denise Merrill edged Gerry Garcia 289-183. For comptroller, Kevin Lembo won 345-105 over Michael Jarjura.
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