U.S. Senate candidates Linda McMahon (R) and Chris Murphy (D) won their primaries by a large margin, both gaining more than half of the vote in Shelton.
Below is the full voting outcome from Shelton:
U.S. SENATE – REPUBLICANS
VOTES, (%)
Linda McMahon
1,166 (70%)
Christopher Shays
497 (30%)
U.S. SENATE – DEMOCRATS
VOTES, (%)
Chris Murphy
567 (66%)
Susan Bysiewicz
288 (34%)
Voter turnout in Shelton was low this year. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, turnout for registered Republicans was at 18 percent, and stooped to 6 percent for Democrats.
