Politics & Government
Election 2012: Branford Results, Democrats Win Across the Board
Murphy wins Branford, state; Reed re-elected over Nicholson; DeLauro over Winsley, Meyer inches past Cartier and Obama re-elected according to local voters.
Democrat presidential incumbent Barack Obama wins Branford 8,301 to 5,817 against Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Obama has won re-election.
Branford voter turnout was at 77.6 on election night out of the 18,330 listed voters – slightly more than 2008's Presidential Election, according to final totals. 77.53 percent of Branford voted in 2008.
Senator Chris Murphy-D won Branford over challenger Linda McMahon-R who conceded tonight. Incumbent candidate Lonnie Reed-D will keep her seat in the 102nd District over first-time candidate Lori Nicholson. Pat Widlitz-D, representing the 98th District went uncontested and Rosa DeLauro-D will keep her seat in Congress over challenger Wayne Winsley.
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This election, Obama loss more than 700 votes in Branford compared to the 2008 election when he won 9,062 votes over Republican candidate John McCain. Romney took 5,817 votes in 2012 compared to 5,906 for McCain in 2008.
Branford's Election Results By District
President Senate U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 3RD DISTRICT 12th SENATE DISTRICT 98TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 102ND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Barack Obama Mitt RomneyChris Murphy Linda McMaon Wayne Winsley Rosa DeLauro Cindy Cartier Ed Meyer Patricia Widlitz Lonnie Reed Lori Nicholson D1 1,345 1,026 1,273 1,005 705 1,604 1,023 1,246 1,224 1,001 D2 766 550 748 524 327 954 483 796 959 D3 879 446 844 461 627 1,008 447 873 831 461 D4 1,456 906 1,349 941 627 1,690 883 1,370 1,320 900 D5 1,225 911
1,198 871
651 1,446 898 1,167 1,139 898 D6 1,068 752 1,030 740 504 1,293 748 1,019 990 739 D7 744 671 713 667 476 925 661 734 921 Total 8,301 5,817 7,838 5,704 3,945 9,757 5,595 7,901 2,081 6,001 4,352
Working Families, Independent, Write-in and Libertarian totals not included on this chart. We will provide totals later.
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Totals in this chart are accurate; we will re-count final district numbers again and update if there are any errors.
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